06/13/2008
Copper scavengers target buildings
Washing Enzyme Thieves stole copper pipes from some vacant buildingsand from the high school football locker rooms, according toreports from the Blairsville Borough police. The former Vale Tech campus buildings along West Market Street, nowowned by Michael LaMantia, were stripped of $2,000 worth of pipesand $2,600 worth of specialty power tools between June 1 andMonday. LaMantia said the thieves stole new copper pipes that workersplanned to install, a load of old pipes that were bound forrecycling and some pipes that still were in the walls. Missing tools include a Partner cut saw worth $1,000; a saw bladevalued at $300; a DeWalt sliding miter saw valued at $1,000 andseveral hand tools estimated at $300.
2008-06-12 09:48:41
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