Metal Theft

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Copper Ripped Off of Cell Tower on Ledge Road

Copper Stolen from Storage Container at Home on Wakemore Street

By David Gurliacci | February 12, 2016

Public Safety

By David Gurliacci | September 17, 2015

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Copper “grounding pieces” near the bottom of the cell phone tower on Ledge Road were unscrewed and cut from the structure, a Sprint worker told Darien police on Feb. 4. A fence around the bottom of the tower is supposed to remain locked, but various cell-phone companies can unlock the gate, police were told. The lock is intact and appears not to have been damaged. It was locked when the employee arrived at the site.

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Two rolls of copper were stolen from the storage container on the property of a Wakemore Street man sometime between Sept. 4 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 8, police were told. The 41-year-old victim told police that each roll of copper was valued at $800. One was a 100-foot roll of one-inch copper, the other was a 60-foot roll of 2 inch copper.