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Nevada Copper Thieves Convicted of Stealing from UPRR
Author: Not Daniel Bogdan
Date: 05-15-2013 - 16:24
FROM:
[www.sfgate.com]
Copper thieves get prison time, $5,000 restitution
Associated Press,
Published 3:59 pm, Wednesday, May 15, 2013
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two of three people convicted of stealing more than 500 pounds of copper from a railroad signal system near Wells in 2011 have been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison.
U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden announced the decision Wednesday.
Forty-five-year-old Allison Peters and 54-year-old Timothy Bevel will also have to pay nearly $5,000 in restitution costs to Union Pacific Railroad. They were sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Robert Jones.
The third defendant is 49-year-old Theron Peters who is scheduled for sentencing next month.
Prosecutors say the railroad company noticed the missing copper around 2:30 a.m. on July 25, 2011. The trio was arrested hours later after a high-speed chase. The stolen copper and tools used for the heist were found along the chase route.
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The Federal District of Nevada seems to do a better job busting these thieves than other states. These feds got another conviction back in 2010:
[www.justice.gov]
[www.sfgate.com]
Copper thieves get prison time, $5,000 restitution
Associated Press,
Published 3:59 pm, Wednesday, May 15, 2013
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two of three people convicted of stealing more than 500 pounds of copper from a railroad signal system near Wells in 2011 have been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison.
U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden announced the decision Wednesday.
Forty-five-year-old Allison Peters and 54-year-old Timothy Bevel will also have to pay nearly $5,000 in restitution costs to Union Pacific Railroad. They were sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Robert Jones.
The third defendant is 49-year-old Theron Peters who is scheduled for sentencing next month.
Prosecutors say the railroad company noticed the missing copper around 2:30 a.m. on July 25, 2011. The trio was arrested hours later after a high-speed chase. The stolen copper and tools used for the heist were found along the chase route.
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The Federal District of Nevada seems to do a better job busting these thieves than other states. These feds got another conviction back in 2010:
[www.justice.gov]
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 Nevada Copper Thieves Convicted of Stealing from UPRR |
Not Daniel Bogdan | 05-15-2013 - 16:24 |