"Copper caper" catches 11-year-old helping older thief, both arrested, say Md. police

(CBS/AP) ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland police say an 11-year-old who got through a gap in a fence helped a man steal copper pipes from a school construction site, and they were both arrested, CBS Baltimore reported.

A neighbor of the Annapolis Elementary School tipped off police last Friday. They say they found the man and the boy bending pipes and sticking them under the fence.

The school is undergoing a $20 million renovation.

Twenty-nine-year-old Andres Rubio Garcia of Hyattsville was charged with burglary and theft.

The 11-year-old was released to his parents.