Atlas Shrugged is here

[Jim Johnson]

Iron thieves steal fences.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/05/31/exclusive-nyc-thieves-with-a-taste-for-wrought-iron-fences/

I was just hit by similar thieves this past weekend.  I was in NY visiting family.  When I got back I found tire tracks in the snow.  They took an old snow plow I had and a cast iron tub.  Both were covered in snow so these guys knew exactly where to look and what they wanted in advance.

Really sad thing is I had the tub up in the barter section on Craigs list and I would have taken just about any offer anyone made for it.  Whoever took it could have gotten rid of some unwanted junk from their shed and gotten the tub without having to resulting to crime.  Good news is I had really good pictures of it so the police and the local scrap yards now know what to look for when the thieves try to cash it in.

If they are going to sell the items as scrap, the metal will be cut up and unrecognizable.  Steel is about $80 per 1/2 ton pick-up load.
Snow plows and cast tubs have value beyond scrap.

[Russell Kanning]

I guess this is not light burglary