METAL THIEVES STRIKE AGAIN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY

            THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING TWO BURGLARIES IN THE AREAS OF LAYFAYETTE AND OLD PALESTINE ROADS.

            IN THE FIRST INCIDENT, 82-YEAR OLD LORINE DURHAM TOLD DEPUTIES SOMETIME LAST WEEK UNKNOWN PERSONS BROKE INTO HER HOUSE LOCATED AT 15-561 OLD PALESTINE ROAD AND STOLE AN AC UNIT ALONG WITH A WASHING MACHINE, STOVE AND COPPER WIRING WORTH OVER 35-HUNDRED DOLLARS.

            MEANWHILE, DEPUTIES ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY REPORT THAT OCCURRED AT 48-01 LAFAYETTE ROAD SOMETIME LAST MONTH AND LAST WEEK, WHERE BURGLARS ALLEGEDLY STOLE A NEW WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER UNIT WORTH 500 DOLLARS.

            ACCORDING TO RAYMOND NELSON THE SUSPECTS TOOK THE UNIT FROM HIS RENTAL PROPERTY AND HE SAYS AFTER HE ASKED AROUND, HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF A POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

            CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE NOT MADE ANY ARRESTS IN EITHER REPORT.

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