State Police: $40,000 Worth Of Tools, Copper Wire Stolen From Goodwill Construction Site
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EAST HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- State police in Westmoreland County are investigating after thousands of dollars' worth of tools and copper wiring were stolen from a construction site at the Goodwill in East Huntingdon Township.
According to investigators, the theft happened sometime between March 22-25 at the site on Crossroads Plaza.
The victims, Jeffery Smith and Rodger Sossong, reported the incident, saying between the two of them they lost $40,000 in equipment and wire.
"Oh, I'm disgusted. Yeah. Can't stand a thief. Tell them to get a job. Pay for your own stuff, just like I do," Smith said.
State police say the stolen items include a Greenlee Smart Conduit Bender, a Hilti Computer Layout Station, a DeWalt Cordless Drill Kit, a Warner ladder and rolls of commercial-grade of electrical wire.
It's believed the suspects got into the building through an entrance covered with a plywood board, but the tools were in a locked room.
"They still got in somehow," Smith said.
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call state police in Greensburg.