A man was arrested after he was caught on camera trying to get into an industrial yard containing a significant amount of copper in Mesa, according to police on Monday.
Police said private security personnel viewing video surveillance cameras saw Robert Moss trying to cut through a fence with a pair of bolt cutters at the property near Baseline Road and Mesa Drive just after midnight Saturday.
An air unit arrived at the scene and Moss reportedly fled on foot.
Moss was located after a short time by an officer. The bolt cutters and some wire cutters were discovered in a bush next to Moss, according to police.
Moss was booked for Attempted 3rd Degree Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools.
tededitedit posted at 6:52 pm on Mon, Nov 12, 2012.
I hope that interrogation of this guy and a review of the records of where he was reselling the copper he swiped will take down more criminals. It may also lead to better control of the scrap yards. These buyers are the ones fueling this rampage.
slopoked posted at 9:25 pm on Mon, Nov 12, 2012.
Well, tededitedit the scrapyards are a legitidment business struggling like everyone else in this f*%*ed up economy.If you pull your head out and open your eyes,the bigwheels on Wallstreet drivin by greed are the ones who need locked up and throw away the key. People stop at nothing when your trying to survive. The world hasnt seen nothing yet.
Masterrogue666 posted at 10:28 pm on Mon, Nov 12, 2012.
So, slopoked, are you saying that it's OK for a business and/or its employees to break the law just because times are hard? Does that make robbing a bank OK?
VofReason posted at 12:41 pm on Tue, Nov 13, 2012.
Something tells me that this guy wasn't stealing copper to buy a loaf of bread.