Police say a Long Island, N.Y., man has been arrested for possession of 22 bronze vases that were stolen from a cemetery. Suffolk County police say 26-year-old Shaun Dosch of West Babylon was arrested Saturday after they were tipped off …
Police say a western Pennsylvania man attempted to steal several hundred feet of railroad track to sell as scrap metal. The Beaver County Times reports Saturday that 30-year-old Raymond Blaze Lambing was using cutting torches, a Bobcat tractor and a …
Fargo police say burglars stole $100,000 worth of copper from a business over the weekend. The Forum newspaper reports that Dakota Electric Construction Co. reported the theft of 52 large spools of copper, which can bring high prices when sold …
Police used a stun gun to subdue a combative California forklift thief who led officers on a 10-mile slow speed chase in the San Joaquin Valley. Modesto police Sgt. Kathleen Blom tells the Modesto Bee that black smoke bellowing from …
Waterbury, Conn., police say they’ve charged a man with stealing two bronze statues from a cemetery and selling them off as scrap metal for $1,500. Twenty-six-year-old Jonathon Leveille of Southington was charged with first-degree larceny and other crimes in last …
Two brothers have been charged with stealing a western Pennsylvania bridge and selling the 15 1/2 tons of scrap metal for more than $5,000. Police say 24-year-old Benjamin Arthur Jones and 25-year-old Alexander Williams Jones of New Castle used a …
Intense heat Texas and other parts of the country have experienced this summer has made thefts of air conditioning units by criminals looking to sell their metal for scrap into a literally unbearable crime. The thefts themselves aren’t related to …