[TheForge] the theft of metal public

[terry l. ridder]

hello Mike;

how is life treating you?

weill hear in northern illinois, the police are always going after the
scrap dealers. the one scrap dealer has been cited many times for
receiving stolen property.

last year I scrapped out an old lawn tractor no questions asked.
helped clean out an old barn with a friend. over a ton of old ag
equipment and not one question asked.

Northern Illinois University had a scandal last year where employees
were scapping out metal, new and used, and pocketing the money.
several sheets of bronze went missing from the Fine Arts department
which prompted the investigation.

on garbage days, you can watch the old rusted out pickup trucks running
the streets of DeKalb picking out all the metal.

On Fri, 17 Apr 2015, CGRAF wrote:

> Terry I do not know how it is in your neck of the woods, but in Milwaukee you 
> need a picture ID and an auto license plate number to scrap metal.
> When I clean shop and take scrap in the check in process is a few minutes 
> worth of form filling. The also have video of you loading things onto the 
> scale.
> It has cut down on the copper downspout and aluminum siding thefts a lot and 
> has made a dent in the new stock thefts from building sites, although the new 
> stock sometimes is sold to building crews under the table for use in 
> construction and is not scrapped.
>
> Mike Graf
>

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terry l. ridder ><>