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Oct 26, 2008 11:47 pm US/Pacific
Thieves Cart Off Heavy, Worthless Fence
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
A large fence weighing hundreds of pounds was stolen in broad daylight in front of a Sacramento home, but experts say that the metal is worth virtually nothing if sold for scrap.
All that's left of the six-foot-tall, wrought iron fence are the stubs of eleven posts cut down to the ground. The home on Sierra Vista Avenue has been in foreclosure for the past two months, and neighbors say contractors and maintenance workers had done work on the house frequently.
"I drove up and, 'Oh my God, it's gone,'" said Mike Perez, who lives next door and shared the fence with the foreclosed home.
It wouldn't have been an easy steal and would have taken hours to dismantle. The thieves would have needed to saw through 11 iron posts that weigh at least 700 pounds in total.
They left behind the "For Sale" sign that was attached to the fence, as well as one of their broken saw blades.
"The gall for these guys to do it… it was only 7:00 p.m.," Perez said. "If it was late at night I could understand that but homeowners were home, everyone was home. I'm sure they didn't think nothing of it either."
A recycler told CBS13 that if the fence was sold for scrap, it would get about a penny a pound, making the 700 pound fence worth about $7.
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