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Century Man Facing Additional Charges For Stealing Copper Wire From Former School
May 25, 2016
A Century man arrested in late April for stealing heavy duty copper wiring from the former Century High School has been arrested again on similar additional crimes.
Nicholas Depue, 33, was arrested for burglary and grand theft, in addition to previous charges of burglary of an unoccupied structure and two counts of grand theft. He remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $50,000.
The site foreman responsible for the demolition of the old Century High School told investigators that 100 pounds of salvage copper wire was missing from inside one of the campus buildings.
Upon contacting Advance Environmental Recycling in Flomaton, Escambia County (FL) Sheriff’s investigators found that Depue had alleged sold the stolen wire for scrap.
Depue was previously arrested after he allegedly removed a wood covering over a window and broke the window to enter the Old Century High School. Inside the building he took about 28 pieces of heavy duty copper wiring about 6-8 feet in length valued at about $600. The wiring was then hid in bushes about 1,000 feet from the school.
When investigators contacted Depue at his Front Street home, he admitted to the theft and showed deputies where the wire was located, an arrest report states. The wire was returned to the demolition company that is removing the school.
Depue is also accused of stealing a $4,000 Evinrude boat motor from a home on North Century Boulevard. The motor was attached to a 16-foot aluminum boat and was parked in the rear area of a yard. Depue then allegedly sold the boat motor to a Flomaton man for $800. The stolen boat motor was recovered.
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2 Responses to “Century Man Facing Additional Charges For Stealing Copper Wire From Former School”
Darn shame. I went to high school with this guy. One of the nicest guys I knew. Everyone makes mistakes nad bad decisions lets hope he can get right
Give the man an orange jump suit and a weed eater…Ooops, I mean a shovel instead of a weed eater. After digging out about 1000 feet of ditches he can upgrade to a rake.