Thieves Steal Copper from Abandoned Sherwin-Williams

said thieves broke into the shuttered Sherwin-Williams location on Brodhead Road earlier this week and removed copper piping from the store.  

Officers said when they arrived at the former store at 11 a.m. Dec. 8, they found its rear door pried open. 

Police said the majority of the copper plumbing in the building had been removed with bolt cutters. Thieves also ripped an overhead heating unit from a mounting on the store's ceiling. 

Police did not disclose the value of the stolen items. No arrests have been made in the incident. 

The paint store closed its Brodhead Road location earlier this year and relocated to the Thorn Run Crossing plaza at the corner of Beaver Grade and Thorn Run roads. Since the closure, the property has been defaced with spray paint in recent months. 

The building and surrounding lot is now owned by the Walmart Stores Inc., which is slated to build a 150,000-square-foot retail store on the property. No timeline has been outlined for that construction.