Friday, August 23, 2013
Copper thieves strike vacant house
BOARDMAN
Boardman police discovered most of the copper of a vacant house on West Midlothian Boulevard missing on Aug. 22.
Some time between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Aug. 22. the copper was taken.
A neighbor of the vacant house called police after he discovered the door of the house open.
The copper piping is worth an estimated $5,000.
The house has been vacant for approximately one year, according to a police report. It is being managed by Marathon Construction Group of Youngstown.