Two accused of multimillion-dollar theft

Apr 05, 2012 | 12:18 PM | Lisa Gordon

Tags  scrapyard, OmniSource, Charles King, Lisa Gordon

PITTSBURGH — A Georgia recycler has reopened after law enforcement officials descended on the facility in an investigation of the alleged theft of scrap metal worth millions of dollars from OmniSource Corp.

Jarrell’s Top Dollar Recycling in Garden City was shut down Tuesday while the Georgia Federal Bureau of Investigation and local police officers retrieved documents to try to determine how much material Charles King Jr. had sold to the scrapyard.

King’s father, Charles King Sr.—a former employee of OmniSource Swainsboro—allegedly turned a blind eye while his son removed scrap metal worth millions of dollars.....





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