Monday, January 16, 2012
Police beat Sheriff's office arrest in scrap metal theft
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:31 AM
An observant neighbor helped the Pulaski sheriff's office make an arrest of man allegedly seen taking metal from irrigation equipment in a field near Scott.
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So where are these thieves selling the stolen metal? As long as copper prices stay high deterring the theft may be difficult.
My thoughts exactly. Which company is buying this stuff or is it going out of state?
Anyone know If any of our upstanding local scrap metal family run biz are aiding these scumbags?
Here's how you deter theft: no cash payment, check only via mail and a 15 day mandatory retention. Sales of serialized items (compressor coils, etc) must be recorded.
If the tweakers can't get rid of their goods, and the scum who buy known stolen metal can't convert it quickly into untraceable lugs, then theft will go down.
It isn't "scrap metal" when it is still attached to the equipment. It was plain theft.
I was just reading the Sheriff's office report and noticed: CLOTHING: NORML and Appearance: NORML
Around here normal clothing is a sport coat and tie, but among copper thieves I guess normal clothing would be more like dungarees and a t-shirt, so NORML clothing means the perp wasn't wearing a clown costume or a dress, but NORML Appearance? What characteristics would make someone's appearance un-normal? Would that be race? No, couldn't be that. There's a field for that, and complexion too. Dwarf? Obese? no, there are fields for height and weight...
Can anyone come up with not NORML appearances?
Thank you so much Ricky and Bubba!!!! Please give the horse some extra feed! Thank goodness for great neighbors!
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