Thieves rob 250k in copper wire BUSTED

Last year I posted a story about thieves rob copper wire well it took a year to get the DNA results back from the lab (it's not like on TV) and they have two suspects. It was the gatorade bottles they left behind.

2 charged with stealing 4.3 miles of copper wire from Sound Transit

"Prosecutors have charged two men with what is apparently the biggest metal theft in state history, based in part on DNA evidence from a pair of Gatorade bottles. Donald Howard Turpin, 54, and Lee Russell Skelly, 44, allegedly stole some 4.3 miles of copper wiring from the underside of elevated Link light-rail tracks over a nine-month period in late 2010 and 2011, officials announced Monday.

"The men were able to sell the wire at scrap-metal recycling businesses around King County thanks to Turpin's state-issued business license, which led to little or no scrutiny from metal buyers, according to the Prosecutor's Office. Turpin reportedly made $39,000 from the stolen wire, and Skelly reportedly took in around $4,000. So far, it is costing Sound Transit $1.3 million to replace the stolen wire."

Ppl are dumb..gatorade bottles??..good job dumbazzes..

Hope they enjoy jail n paying out the rest of their lives..

To earn $39,000 in copper is work, thats effort , If your gonna put so much effort to gather in the area of 13,000 pounds of copper ,
just get out there and make deals to buy and sell , not thieve it.
Obviously thats not a lazy mans crime
Boy did they F**** them selves up .

At least they were staying hydrated.....

so instead of getting a normal job and pulling in $40,000 in 9 months. These guys work hard to get $40,000 illegally. idiots.

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Originally Posted by street_sweeper

Last year I posted a story about [URL="http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/day-life-scrapper/9650-thieves-rob-%24250k-copper-wire.html"].... and Skelly reportedly took in around $4,000. "

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He could do that in a month at a few hours a day. It's called - WORK.

Love a good ending to a robbery story, thanks!

Your welcome. The ring leader Donald Lee Turpin is still at large.

"Turpin, the apparent ringleader of a group of thieves, faces an additional charge of first-degree theft, which means he is facing between 63 and 84 months in prison, according to prosecutors."