Sheriff's Office sees rash of metal thefts

By: The Citizen staff report

Monday, August 11, 2008 5:25 PM EDT

An increase in the value of scrap metal has caused the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office to respond to an increase volume of calls related to the theft of metal materials from businesses and private property, deputies said Monday.
While the metal related theft had been steadily increasing during the past year, it has recently become a county-wide issue, deputies said.

In the past week alone, the department has responded to three separate incidents. On Townline Road in Springport, deputies responded to the theft of well drilling equipment valued at $3,000. In Brutus, more than 20 aluminum framed windows were missing from an unoccupied residence on Stevens Road. And in Victory, a $1,000 Kubota GF 1800 lawn and garden tractor with a mower deck was stolen from a property on Bell Road.

Deputies ask anyone with information regarding these thefts to call detectives at 253-1610.

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brew1234 wrote on Aug 11, 2008 11:53 PM:

" If that stuff was in plain sight, then why didn't she just put up a sign saying "take me"? Or she should have just left it unlocked so they didn't have to break in. Your letter proves that you aren't much brighter than her. "

anonymous wrote on Aug 11, 2008 11:22 PM:

" How is this relevant?

Dont your daughter think that it was a pretty stupid idea to live all those things in her car at an all-day music festival? "

kaweldin wrote on Aug 11, 2008 8:53 PM:

" I have a comment concerning the concert held at the Weedsport Speedway the Krockathon. I want to thank the person that broke into my daughters car that was parked in the lot near the town barn, and stole her personal belongings as well as her friends. These items were important to my daughter. ok.. take the IPod, value $400. the cameras value 320.00 and 280.00, the celphone 80.00, You could have left the clothing and bags, purses IDs Licenses behind..Your parents must be so proud of you. Thank you to the bus driver that observed this theft and did nothing. "

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