Landlord Employs Unique Tactic To Catch Copper Thieves

In Cincinnati, Ohio, WKRC-TV Channel 12 reports:

• A local business owner fights back against copper thieves after several expensive break-ins. The latest happened Thursday [...] . Thieves ripped out new drywall in four apartments and a laundry room and cut copper pipes, while the water was still running. Dan Schimberg owns the property and Uptown Properties, which encompasses hundreds of buildings all over the Tri-State. He says he now hires sub-contractors to stay in vacant buildings overnight and keep an eye out for copper thieves. Police were able to catch one of the crooks in Thursday's robbery because a sub-contractor was waiting for them.

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