Auburn, NY – Auburn police are looking for whoever stole 3 to 5 tons of steel braces, brackets and clamps and metal reenforcement bar from a Clark Street storage building. The gear belonged to Bouley Construction Equipment, which used it in the concrete-forming process, Lt. Shawn Butler said. The materials -- including the 55-gallon drums they were stored in...
Bracket reported stolen.Auburn, NY – Auburn police are looking for whoever stole 3 to 5 tons of steel braces, brackets and clamps and metal reenforcement bar from a Clark Street storage building.
The gear belonged to Bouley Construction Equipment, which used it in the concrete-forming process, Lt. Shawn Butler said. The materials -- including the 55-gallon drums they were stored in -- were discovered missing on May 12 but could have been taken any time after Feb. 1, Butler said.
“We were just down there off-loading some other material and we looked and the barrels were all gone,” company President Charles Bouley recalled this morning. “And I said, ‘We better notify the authorities.’”
Investigators found that someone forced open the building’s large entry doors. They believe the thief or thieves drove a truck inside the building several times to complete the larceny, Butler said.
Rebar clamp reported stolen.Police suspect the thieves wanted to sell the gear as scrap metal and are checking scrap yards, Butler said.
It will cost Bouley Construction more than $10,000 to replace the goods, police estimate. Bouley said he hadn’t priced the material lately, but said he thought the brackets might cost up to $10 each.
Their theft doesn’t put his business in a bind, except for coming up with money to replace them, Bouley said.
“I guess that’s life,” Bouley said. “I just don’t like the thought of people coming into the property and taking things that aren’t theirs. It’s a little disappointing. I don’t know if it’s representative of the times or what, but it is what it is. I can’t get upset. What are you going to do?”
People with information should call Auburn Police at 253-3231 or Detective Kyle Platt at 255-4702. Callers can remain anonymous, Butler said.