4,000 Pounds of Copper Stolen from Slate Company

Thieves took off with 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of copper from the Penn Big Ben Slate Company in Washington Township sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 and noon on Sept. 22.

State police at Bethlehem said the copper is valued at $30,000.

The thieves used a forklift to remove the copper from the company at 8450 Brown St., after forcing their way through a locked gate.

In another burglary in Washington Township, thieves took copper piping from a property at 6354 Route 873, sometime between 10 a.m. on Sept. 25 and 10 a.m. on Oct. 2. 

The thieves entered the residence through a screen door to the porch.

Anyone with information on the burglaries is asked to call the state police at 610-861-2026.