Sunday, October 16, 2011

Two charged with stealing Lawrence County bridge

Two charged with stealing Lawrence County bridge

Police said that Benjamin Arthur Jones, 24, and Alexander William Jones, 25, used a torch to tear apart the Covert's Crossing Bridge late last month or early this month. The bridge had been in North Beaver Township since at least the early 1900s and was worth an estimated $100,000.
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Read more: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/11288/1182400-100.stm#ixzz1awT3uddW
There's a headline you don't see every day. The thing is, our infrastructure is in such a state of disrepair that it's hard to see how anybody could make a buck by stealing it.

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