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Officers discovered items of 4 to eight fireplace hydrants at one suspect’s dwelling in San Bernardino after they served a search warrant on Friday, Sept. 13, Azusa Sgt. Fernando Vasconcelos mentioned.
Police haven’t but decided the place the opposite hydrants had been taken from and the place the suspects had been promoting hydrants to.
The fireplace hydrants are made from brass and weigh, on common, 150 kilos, Vasconcelos mentioned, including the value of scrap brass is about $2.10 a pound.
The two lacking ones, within the space of Azusa Veterans Way and Sierra Madre Avenue, might be changed by the tip of the week, mentioned Nico De Anda-Scaia, deputy metropolis manager for Azusa.
The value to the town is just below $6,000 for every hydrant, De Anda-Scaia mentioned. To totally substitute a stolen one, together with making repairs, takes about $11,700 every.
Police didn’t say how the hydrants had been stolen on Sept. 11 and the way they recognized the 2 males as suspects.
On Friday, Sept. 13, officers arrested a 47-year-old man from San Bernardino and a 58-year-old man from Simi Valley on suspicion of grand theft.
Under so-called zero-bail, grand theft suspects, corresponding to these males, are booked and launched.
Investigators requested anybody with details about fireplace hydrant thefts to name Azusa police at 626-812-3200. Anonymous tipsters can name Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or go to lacrimestoppers.org.
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