Technology Helps Locate Suspects In Construction Site Theft
Company Uses Tracking Device For Building Materials
Updated: 12:14 pm CST December 19, 2007
MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police said that technology helped them arrest three people in connection with the theft of building materials from a construction site.
VIDEO: Watch The ReportPolice said thieves swiped five boxes of aluminum siding from a Veridian home construction site in the Heather Glen neighborhood Saturday.But along with the metal, police said the thieves also picked up a tracking device hidden inside the boxes.Veridian has had so much trouble with aluminum thefts that the company hired a private investigator, WISC-TV reported."We got a call at about 5:30 a.m. on Saturday morning that that container had been moved. That tracking device was hooked into a dispatching company and they contacted me, and we were able to work together in order to find that vehicle," said Steven Watson, a private investigator with Attoe-Watson & Co. Inc.The tracking device led to an apartment on High Point Road where police arrested a 43-year-old Madison man and two teenage boys.Investigators said the aluminum siding material was found strapped to the top of a van parked outside the apartment.
VIDEO: Watch The ReportPolice said thieves swiped five boxes of aluminum siding from a Veridian home construction site in the Heather Glen neighborhood Saturday.But along with the metal, police said the thieves also picked up a tracking device hidden inside the boxes.Veridian has had so much trouble with aluminum thefts that the company hired a private investigator, WISC-TV reported."We got a call at about 5:30 a.m. on Saturday morning that that container had been moved. That tracking device was hooked into a dispatching company and they contacted me, and we were able to work together in order to find that vehicle," said Steven Watson, a private investigator with Attoe-Watson & Co. Inc.The tracking device led to an apartment on High Point Road where police arrested a 43-year-old Madison man and two teenage boys.Investigators said the aluminum siding material was found strapped to the top of a van parked outside the apartment.Copyright 2007 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
