Illinois police target cross-border scrap thieves

Mar 21, 2012 | 10:26 AM | Lisa Gordon

Tags  scrap metal, metal thefts, Lisa Gordon

PITTSBURGH — Police in Alton, Ill., have arrested three people in a sting aimed at stopping thieves from bringing stolen material across state lines for cash payments.

Two men and one woman were arrested March 15 after allegedly hauling material across the Clark Bridge, which separates Missouri and Illinois. The suspects have been charged in a....





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