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Byrneville Community Center Cool Again; Copper Thief Still Wanted
July 15, 2011
The Byrneville Community Center is as cool as ever and back in business just a few days after an air conditioning copper theft.
Community center managers reported Monday morning that the copper had been stripped from one of three air conditioning units. By Thursday, Escambia County Facilities Management had replaced the A/C.
Betty Porz, a board member at the county-owned Byrneville Community Center, said the building is booked solid this time of the year with family reunions and other events that need the air conditioning in top working order.
“It’s cooling great,” Porz said Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation into the theft.
“We hope evidence gathered by the sheriff’s department will open a door to make an arrest in this case,” Porz said. “We still hope someone will come forward and tell what they know.”
Anyone with information about the theft should contact the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
Pictured above and below: Crime scene investigators with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office retrieve fingerprints Monday morning from air conditioning units at the Byrneville Community Center. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Byrneville Community Center Cool Again; Copper Thief Still Wanted”
And “Bob” you are 100% correct! but that would make way to much sense……and it would stop the stealing, so it will never fly!
Personally, the real Thief here are the scrap yards buying the stolen goods…they know when people roll into their scrap yards with new coils from a/c’s rolled up that this stuff is stolen! they are receiving this stuff by the dump truck loads but they turn their heads and pay them to go back out to steal some more! if the ECSD really wish to catch those thugs, just go and spend a little time a the local scrap yard and watch the trucks roll on in! then arrest both the Thief and the scrap yard owner! those fools damage an $1800.00 piece of a/c equipment to make $20.00 for the scrap………………….
This copper stealing could be easily stopped. Make those selling copper go by the ESCO and have a tag attached. Any one selling or buying without a tag should be arrested.