By Associated Press - Sunday, April 27, 2014

POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A manager at an asphalt company in Post Falls has reported the theft of $1,800 worth of copper wire.

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office reports Poe Asphalt had contracted another company to bring in a transformer trailer for a crushing job in a gravel pit near its offices.

The Coeur d’Alene Press reports (https://bit.ly/1hDCIK7 ) that a manager said the copper wire was taken from the trailer.

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The manager added that the wire weighed “several hundred pounds” and would have required at least two people and a vehicle to remove.

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Information from: Coeur d’Alene Press, https://www.cdapress.com

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