Easton Dealing With Copper Thieves
Multiple thefts of metal downspouts reported throughout the city.
Twice in the last few weeks, we've reported on people being arrested for stealing copper in Easton. And each time, someone has written to us telling those arrests were just the tip of a copper-piping theft iceberg. "My house has been hit 4 times in 3 years," wrote College Hill resident John Vanarman, noting that he ultimately recovered some "twisted unusable downspouts." Last week, Vanarman also told his story to WFMZ, which noted that the city has 20 open copper theft cases. Or maybe it's 19. On Saturday, Easton police charged Christian Fielding -- who had already been jailed on previous copper theft charges -- with stealing the downspouts from a home on the 1400 block of Northampton Street on December 12. A witness who had seen him …
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