Copper Church Downspout Thief Indicted
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 2:02 pm
NEWS RELEASE:
INDICTMENT OF SUSPECT IN CHURCH COPPER DOWNSPOUT THEFTS
Gary Jones
During the months of September and October 2015 the Lakewood Police Department received a number of reports of copper downspouts being taken from Church buildings on Madison Ave.
On December 23, 2015 Gary T. Jones Jr, 22 yrs old of Cleveland was indicted by a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury on 2 counts each of Breaking & Entering and Aggravated Theft in connection with these cases.
Instrumental in solving these crimes was information from the Cleveland Hts Police Department and the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Communication & Information Management System (CIMS), which collects information from scrape metal dealers of purchases they make and the cooperation of the local scrape dealers.
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INDICTMENT OF SUSPECT IN CHURCH COPPER DOWNSPOUT THEFTS
Gary Jones
During the months of September and October 2015 the Lakewood Police Department received a number of reports of copper downspouts being taken from Church buildings on Madison Ave.
On December 23, 2015 Gary T. Jones Jr, 22 yrs old of Cleveland was indicted by a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury on 2 counts each of Breaking & Entering and Aggravated Theft in connection with these cases.
Instrumental in solving these crimes was information from the Cleveland Hts Police Department and the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Communication & Information Management System (CIMS), which collects information from scrape metal dealers of purchases they make and the cooperation of the local scrape dealers.
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