Police arrest 2 in $3.5M theft
Shipping containers of nickel and ferrochrome
Thomas Jefferson
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Posted: 09/16/2010
BALTIMORE, Md. - Baltimore City Police have arrested two men in connection with a $3.5 million theft.
Detectives say four shipping containers storing forty-eight, two metric-ton bags of nickel briquettes and two shipping containers storing approximately 114,000 pounds of ferrochrome were stolen on September 10 from a business in the 3500 block of E. Biddle Street.
The estimated value of the theft is approximately $3,500,000.
The investigation resulted in the arrest of two individuals, Thomas Jefferson and James Robinson.
Detectives discovered that Jefferson and Robinson gained access to the business by cutting through a fence surrounding the property and used a forklift located in the tenant parking lot to load the stolen metals into a truck.
Following the theft, an employee witnessed a flatbed truck loaded with the materials, followed it and flagged down an officer.
The truck was subsequently pulled over and the two were arrested and charged.
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