Artificial turf stolen from fort (Ft Huachuca)

Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review ^ | Bill Hess

[SandRat]

FORT HUACHUCA — What could be the ultimate yard sale has led Army criminal investigators to look into a turf theft on this Southern Arizona Army post.

Thursday a report was made of a “substantial amount of artificial turf” taken from an athletic field work site, said fort spokesman Ken Robinson.

Allegedly the material was taken to be placed in a “private yard in the greater Sierra Vista area,” he said Wednesday.

Because the reported theft is under investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Detachment on the fort, Robinson he can provide no further information, to include the name of the company which had the contract, the actual amount of artificial turf taken and its value.

The post has had a number of projects replacing natural grass on some athletic fields as part of the installation’s water conservation efforts.

One field was completed a couple of years ago and another was in the process of having artificial turf put down as part of the athletic complex near Prosser Village, which is where solders, airmen and Marines attending intelligence training reside.

Herald/Review senior reporter Bill Hess can be reached at 515-4615 or bill.hess@svherald.com.

[kaboom]

I’d check any cargo getting shipped out to Iraq, destined for Baghdad’s “Green Zone”. Also be on the lookout for missing football gear.

[FDNYRHEROES]

I wish my whole yard was artificial turf. I would never have to mow my lawn again. All that time lost mowing it, fertilizing it, thatching it, seeding it, watering it, etc would be a thing of the past. All the gasoline I would buy would just go into my SUV instead of the lawn tractor... This would certainly be my idea of “going green”...