Forget the Copper Tubing, Let’s Just Take the Whole AC!
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Copper thieves have been regularly stealing copper pipe and even the tubing from inside air conditioners and under homes. But it's not often they simply cut the entire heat pump loose from the house and cart it off. An out-of-town homeowner says he came back from Maryland recently to find that's what had happened to him. Richard Wilson has someone locally who keps an eye on the house, and that man told him the unit was where it belonged back on April 3rd. But sometime between then and last Friday, it had been taken. Wilson reports the unit is too heavy to be toted off by one person, but deputies noted no tracks from a vehicle in the yard. They have the name of one suspect, but have not made any arrests. The investigation continues.
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North Wilkesboro News @ April 23, 2007
