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Trio, Including Father And Son, Charged With Multiple AC Thefts
December 14, 2011
Three men — including a Cantonment resident and his dad — are charged with a string of air conditioning thefts in Pensacola.
Frank Steven Davis, age 50 of Cantonment, and his father, 75-year old Frank Joseph Davis of Pensacola, are facing multiple counts of grand theft, larceny and dealing in stolen property. Another Pensacola resident, 56-year old Morris Roger Frazier is also charged. The three men remained in the Escambia County Jail early Wednesday morning with bonds ranging from $227,000 to $232,000.
According to an arrest report, the three were caught red handed by Pensacola Police carrying a stolen AC unit from a vacant residence on West Chase Street to a nearby pickup truck. The Cantonment man, Frank Steven Davis, admitted to police that the trio had stolen complete AC units from 15 different residences and businesses in Pensacola and Escambia County.
He said that he would help Frazier remove the units while his father, Frank Joseph Davis, would sit in their truck waiting. The AC units, he told police, were taken back to Frazier’s residence where they were dismantled and then sold for scrap. The money, according to police, was then split three ways between the men.
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12 Responses to “Trio, Including Father And Son, Charged With Multiple AC Thefts”
Criminal trespassing, grand theft. They are VERY lucky they were not all shot by the property owners.
REGARDING:
“How much copper is in a AC unit?? Is it worth it? just wondering cuz I would luv to take my broken 1 apart IF its worth the trouble”
FROM: http://www.copper.org/education/c-facts/c-home.html
General levels of copper use in major appliances:
52 pounds – unitary air conditioner
48 pounds – unitary heat pump
FROM: http://www.sovereignman.com/finance/a-major-copper-trend/
“A window air conditioning unit, for example, contains about 15-20 pounds – - of copper, including the tubing, wiring, motors, etc”
Copper tubing goes for about $3.24 per pound bare bright copper according to one source. Brewton Recycling buys tubing at $3/pound. So a window unit might go for something like $60. A central air conditioner might yield $156 or so.
Any considering stealing someone else’s property should remember to ask yourself first if it’s worth dying for.
David for recycling what you personally own
The nuts do not fall far from the tree—–What a group!
How much copper is in a AC unit?? Is it worth it? just wondering cuz I would luv to take my broken 1 apart IF its worth the trouble…But are these people stealing a bunch of them before they cash in????/
Son speaking to his father, “When I grow up, I wanna steal and cheat and lie just like you…Hey! Let’s do it together!!”
I wonder if these are the folks who also hit several area Churches?
Someone got us for $15,000 worth of units… thanksgiving 2010….
Also, I wonder where they were taking the ’spoils’ to recycle? I have heard Alabama has few laws about this, if they were getting paid in FL though maybe the ECSO could go after the ‘receiver’ of the stolen property…
Bobby– try 15 a/c units stolen.
They were dealing in cold cash.
These “Three Stooges” are old enough to know better!
Throw the book at them. Out them in prison where there
are no air conditioners in the inmate units !!!
add vandalism to the charge
Would someone help me understand something. There is a story on this website about an Atmore man who shot at another man not once, but twice. He is out of jail on a $13,000.00 Bond. These three men stold an aic Conditioner, and they are held on Bonds of over $200,000.00. I just don,t get it!!
With all the beer and soda cans I see everywhere, on the roadside, these jokers could have produced equal or better earnings, through honest labor. Good food for thought, while chillin in the bull pen.