My girlfriend and I saw a man take some change out of a fountain at a very nice restaurant once. He was very determined because it was cold out and he was up to his shoulder in the water. He didn't take very much either.
Deal
Live free or die. Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
I am sure that I read about somebody being arrested for doing that at a mall, but I suppose that there is a big difference between taking money out of a fountain on private property versus public property.