700 Pounds of Copper Stolen From Plymouth Township Business

Hundreds of pounds of copper wire stolen

Haggerty Metal Company in Plymouth Township reported that someone stole 700 pounds of copper wire on May 10, according to a police report. 

The yard manager told police that surveillance footage showed a suspect entering from the north side of the yard, going to the bin on the south side of the building and making repeated trips carrying a few rolls of copper wire at a time, the report said. 

According to the report, the suspect spent an hour and a half making seven trips. 

The yard manager told police, he located the missing copper on the ground outside of the property fence, on the property of Plymouth Trailer and Storage, the report said. The manager told police he believed that the thief had been leaving the stole property there, then coming back during the day to retrieve it, the report said. 

Sprinkler system pieces missing

A Plymouth Township man reported the copper sprinkler valve assembly had been cut from his sprinkler system at his home on Edinburgh Drive, according to a police report. 

The missing parts were located on the northeast corner of the residence.

The man told police he had his lawn sprinkler system winterized on Nov. 15, 2012. He noticed the theft when he went to turn them on May 7, the report said. 

The man replaced the sprinkler parts at a cost of $250, the report said.