Man Charged with Theft of 166 Manhole Covers in Florida
Police in Florida announced Friday that they had arrested a suspect in the disappearance of 166 manhole covers, according to a report from NBC News.
The Polk County Sheriff’s detectives launched the investigation Wednesday after a local utility company reported that dozens of the 300-pound steel lids had gone missing over a period of two weeks, the article says. A “scrap alert” to all secondhand metal dealers sparked a tip leading to Christopher Fink, 40, who was arrested Thursday after he allegedly offloaded the covers with Gregco Recycling.