Wednesday, September 13, police in Jacksonville have arrested two men who tried to steal… a pole for power lines, reports the New York Post, citing local news.
On Wednesday morning the police received a call from a vigilant citizen who noticed two white males tattooed and shirtless, trying to pile up the post, probably felled during hurricane Irma, on the roof of your Kia Sorento crossover.
The officer responding to the call, went to the bridge Wonderwood Drive, where, as reported, and lost the post. However, not was not there neither men nor pylon.
Some time later, the police managed to catch up and stop the machine attached to the roof pillar. When the officer asked the driver where he took the post, the man said he just wanted to remove him because he was lying on the roadside.
However, the question why didn’t they just rolled a pole on the roadside, there was no answer.
Then 42-year-old Blake Lee Waller and 46-year-old Victor Walter Apeler was detained. They are accused of Grand larceny (cost of post is $ 2,500).
As found later in the police, this year Victor Apeler 72 times approached the point of delivery of scrap metal. Probably there he was going to take and post.
These two were caught stealing a JEA pole just this morning! Citizens watching out and officers cleaning up = partnership! #Irma #JSO pic.twitter.com/q6VKOvPKuU
— Jax Sheriff’s Office (@JSOPIO) September 13, 2017
«These two tried to decorate the post this morning. The citizens of the following officers catch = cooperation #Irma #JSO».
