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PostPosted: Fri, Feb 1 2008, 12:28 pm EST    Post subject: Copper stolen from cell tower Reply with quote
Copper stolen from cell tower

By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2008 10:17 AM EST

CRANBURY — Someone stole five copper stakes located at a Sprint PCS cell phone tower site on Cranbury Station Road, just east of Route 130,between Jan. 15 and Jan. 23, police said.

The stakes, which have an estimated value of $2,000, were keeping the tower grounded to protect it from a strong electrical current, said Police Chief John Hansen.

”(Lightning) hits the tower and if there’s no place for anything to go that’s when the tower blows,” said Chief Hanson.

A Sprint technician was the first to notice that a padlock was missing from a small enclosure around the area, Chief Hansen said.
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