Thieves keep taking manhole covers in Gastonia, N.C., to sell as scrap metal, even with a new state law requiring business to document and photograph all metal they buy. Gastonia officials told The Gaston Gazette that between 30 and 50 …
Police in Bessemer City, N.C., are looking for thieves that have taken about 30 manhole covers in the past week. The Gaston Gazette reported the stolen manhole covers are valued at about $90 each. The first thefts were discovered Dec. …
Authorities are searching for the suspects who have stolen manhole covers from the streets of four Long Island, N.Y., communities. Highway Superintendent William Naughton says nine covers were removed in the past week from Greenlawn, Northport, Huntington and Huntington Station. …