Posted on 12/22/2021 12:10:46 AM PST by Libloather
An Ohio man was arrested this week after taking things a bridge too far.
David Bramley, 63, was charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing a 58-foot bridge last month from a park in Akron, Ohio.
The bridge was sitting in a field on the outskirts of Middlebury Run Park when the community noticed that its deck boards were removed on Nov. 3. About a week later, someone had taken the entire structure.
Bramley, who used to work in the Akron area, allegedly hired a crane service company to place the bridge on and off a vehicle, then drove it to Medina County, about 30 miles west of Akron, according to police.
Law enforcement performed a search warrant at that Medina County property on Friday afternoon and found the bridge partially disassembled.
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Bridge theft is a niche black market industry.
Two Washington state men were arrested in October for allegedly cutting chunks of cedar out of the base of a bridge to resell under the table, according to the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
An Indiana man was convicted in 2018 of scrapping an unused bridge and selling parts for more than $14,000, according to the Times of Northwest Indiana.
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If this were only San Francisco they’d refuse to prosecute.
I doubt it. Crimes against their government they take seriously.
Bridge theft is a niche black market industry.
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Who knew?
Yes, selling bridges are a very niche market.
I’ve been trying to sell the Brooklyn bridge for years and I haven’t found a buyer yet.
I don't know about the niche market but it sure would make a nice deer stand.
“How do you plead to these charges?”
“Your Honor, if you actually believe those charges against me, then I have a bridge to sell you.”
Good timbers are used in wooden bridges.
I remember Leon Spinks was on Howard Stern years ago complaining that someone stole his bridge.
Ha!
Ohio Man giving Florida Man a run for his money!
LOL
I could use a 58 foot bridge on my property. I’ve got a little valley and it takes 15 minutes to drive around it and get the other side with my little tractor.
Leon Spinks! Ali called him “the vampire” Ali said you could take his car away from Leon and he’d walk into a telephone pole!
Audacious civic works thefts are the stuff of legend. In the UK, a crew came complete with yellow dump trucks, barricades and lazy workers leaning on shovels.
They removed almost 1/2 mile of cobblestones. Neighbors were so excited to get a new paved road, they were baking cooking for the crew.
Noone realized the theft of copper laden cobblestones until a few days later when the road paving crew never arrived.
A lonely interstate in Nevada had a very thick copper power line running down the median. Several miles worth were stolen one night
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Akron already stole the bridge from the park. It was bought and paid for by the tax payer, and they removed it (took it without paying) as part of a 'green' project; then abandoned it. This other guy might have stolen it, but I don't see were Akron can complain. At the worst, he should be charged with possession of stolen goods.
Public property or not, this "bridge" was abandoned by the city. It would have cost the city $$$ if a kid every got hurt whilst playing around it.
Assuming kids in Akron actually go to a park to play anymore.
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Ohio man allegedly steals 58-foot bridge from park, charged with felony theft
Fox News ^ | 12/21/21 | Paul Best
Posted on 12/22/2021, 3:10:46 AM by Libloather
Must have taken a set of brass ones to have the guts to be the one to cut that copper line. Maybe they brought someone who knew what they were doing and had the tools to do it without getting killed.
People’s houses have been cleaned out by moving trucks that pulled up like they owned the place and started loading stuff up. When the homeowners returned from vacation or wherever and found their stuff gone, the neighbors remembered seeing the truck, but not enough detail to catch the perps.
Reminds me of the Chechen gang that stole 12 miles of railroad track in the early ‘90s.
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