3/11/2024 0 Comments Metal storm drain grates![]() ![]() With such a small return on investment as scrap and with a two- or three-man crew required to steal each grate, McKinnon says officials speculate that the grates are being sold out-of-state to developers who are unaware that they're stolen. Investigators are checking junkyards but the grates, which fetch only $15-$20 when sold for scrap, have not turned up, McKinnon says. In Atlanta, about 600 storm drain grates have been stolen over the past few months across the metro area, mostly along expressways. Thieves in Gresham, Ore., stole 18 storm grates in the past few weeks that will cost an estimated $7,500 to replace, Watershed Division manager Jennifer Belknap Williamson told KOIN Local 6 television. "If it was a local, somebody would've ratted them out." It's going to cost about $3,500 to replace the grates, he says. "My fear is it was somebody not in the immediate area," he says. The village offered a $1,000 reward, but there were no takers. ![]() One morning in February, the people of Perry Village, N.Y., about 50 miles east of Buffalo, found seven storm drain grates missing, says village administrator Terry Murphy.
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