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Thieves Take Metal From West Side Cell Phone Tower

Police Reports: More than $4,500 in equipment and repairs needed to cell tower on West Side of Geneva.

The heavy metal hits continue, as Geneva police reports find another case of stolen metal parts—this time from a cell tower on the West Side of town.

According to Geneva police reports, someone took four bus bars and about 30 feet of ground wire from the cellular telephone tower in the 2300 block of Gary Lane sometime between Jan. 1 and 2:30 p.m. May 16.

The site supervisor for American Tower Corporation estimated property damage and loss at about $4,500, with the bus bars valued at $2,000, the ground wire at $500 and the damage repair at $2,000.

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In electrical power distribution, a bus bar is a strip of copper or aluminium that conducts electricity within a switchboard,distribution boardsubstation or other electrical apparatus, Wikipedia reports.

This is one of a number of  reported in the area this year.

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In the most recent report, someone took about $100 worth of 100 Commerce Drive, around 1 p.m. April 27.

 

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