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There's Copper Theft, And Then There’s Nearly A Ton That Leonia Police Say One Guy Got There's Copper Theft, And Then There’s Nearly A Ton That Leonia Police Say One Guy Got
There's Copper Theft, And Then There’s Nearly A Ton That Leonia Police Say One Guy Got A thief was caught by a Leonia police officer with 1,800 pounds of copper wire worth more than $10,000 that authorities said he stole from Con Ed job sites in Manhattan. Victor Mejia, 38, of Leonia “appeared nervous and gave a conflicting statement” about his travels after Officer Ryan Berger stopped him on Fort Lee Road by DeGraw Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 14, Capt. Chris Garris said. In the back of his vehicle was “a large item under a blanket,” the captain said. When Berger asked about it, Mejia admitted what he’d done, he said. It's mind-boggling, really. Depending on …