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If you don't know about the story, I'm sure someone here can summarize I'm too disgusted....my question is simply, HOW many scrap dealers are on St. Croix? How hard would it be to investigate those dealers to figure out where a two ton chunk of copper was sold...we don't have a foundry here it has either left the island through them or its sitting in their yard now? Where are the Hardy Boys when you need them to solve this freakin mystery.
Posted : September 10, 2009 11:13 pm
I doubt it's here anymore.
I would guess that someone with a big powerful boat took it to PR. The copper didn't need to be melted, just flattened/pounded.
We have had PR metal scrappers here on island, so someone would know where and who to sell it to on PR so lang as they got it there.
This news is so sad.
Wes Small correlated the junk and abandoned vehicles in the area to the story. What IF our government actually got out in the field and cleaned up areas that promote dumping?
I didn't notice any reports of torched/scarred areas where they found the still, just torched remnants.
So much to question, and so sad that there is even a need to question.
Posted : September 10, 2009 11:45 pm
They found parts of it in Campo Rico according to todays AVIS.
Posted : September 11, 2009 1:45 pm
They say they have leads. Hope then can figure it out!
Posted : September 11, 2009 8:32 pm
Still don't know how anyone had the 'copper' enough to pull off such a heist without being noticed. Why not go after something smaller, like the Hope Diamond? :}
Posted : September 12, 2009 2:31 pm
story i heard on news2 says that several homes had direct view of the place where the stripping took place... did not sound like anyone reported anything.
Posted : September 12, 2009 4:44 pm
That's the same thing that was in the AVIS story; they said 7 private homes had an unobstructed view.
Posted : September 12, 2009 6:04 pm