Crime & Safety
Stolen Tools Used to Swipe Copper Tubing
The following information was supplied by the Watkinsville police department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
Two local men were arrested on June 4 on charges they stole tools that they then used to commit a second crime.
Watkinsville Police Chief Lee O'Dillon said tools were stolen from the bed of a pickup truck parked at the Luxury Inn on Saturday.
The tools were used to remove a section of copper tubing from an ice machine, he said. When approached by a witness, two men fled behind the motel but were found by officers walking along New High Shoals Road a short time later, with the copper tubing and tools in hand, O'Dillon said in a news release.
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David Lamar Mullinax, 24, and Kenneth Wesley Phillips, 34, both residents of McRee Street, were arrested and charged with theft by taking and criminal trespass in connection with the crimes.
Watkinsville police responded to a total of 29 calls within city limits between Monday, May 30 and Sunday, June 5, O'Dillon said.
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