The Texas County Sheriff’s Department continues to receive reports of stolen copper.
The owner of a Raymondville sawmill called July 21 to report the theft of copper wire valued at $5,000 from inside his Highway AY business. The man knew of no suspects.
An officer reported that a Licking man called on July 19 at about 1:30 a.m. to report that he believed that two air conditioners had been stolen from a residence across the road from his Highway 137 residence.
The man told an investigating officer he had seen a small pickup truck leaving the scene with the two units in its bed.