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Escambia Man Gets 15 Years For Stealing, Recycling Copper Wire
April 22, 2016
Edward Allen Long was sentenced by Circuit Judge Darlene Dickey to 15 years ins state prison as a habitual felony offender. Long was convicted of three counts of dealing in stolen property, three counts of fraud upon secondary metals recyclers and one count of organized fraud.
Long was allowed to move into the living quarters of a Pensacola facility where he had been hired to do maintenance and odd jobs. Attached to the facility was a warehouse, which contained various parts that the victim had disassembled in another state and was relocating to Pensacola.
In December 2014, the victim noticed a substantial amount of copper wiring was missing from his warehouse. A subsequent investigation revealed the Long had sold copper wiring to a local scrap company on several occasions. The victim viewed the surveillance photographs from the scrap company and indicated the copper wire in question belonged to him.
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7 Responses to “Escambia Man Gets 15 Years For Stealing, Recycling Copper Wire”
ta wants this guy to have 75 chances like the other felony idiot. That is the problem with sentencing today…..not harsh enough.
“ta”…excessive sentencing…he’s THIEF!
If was an habitual offender he wouldn’t have gotten a 15 year sentence. His life of crime has earned him the lengthy removal from residing among law abiding society.
@ ta:
Nope. The sentence is not excessive. He hasn’t learned from previous brushes with the law and he’s a habitual offender, and was very organized in his crime. He’s lucky he didn’t get MORE time than he did.
Too much time for the crime. If it was one victim on all counts I think it is excessive sentencing.
Glad to see a conviction for stealing scrap.
Curious as to how a bundle or pile of wire can be identified as yours from a video.
To some degree the scrap buyer is culpable as well.
Way to go, Judge Dickey! We need more like her!!