FISHERS -
Scrap metal thieves have a new target, and it's something found on many homes in central Indiana. Fishers Police are investigating five different incidents in the same neighborhood where the thieves made off with the metal basement window well covers.
Fishers Police have received reports from five residents in the Tanglewood neighborhood (126th Street and Pennington Road) since Aug. 25th.
Police believe the thieves wanted to remain as inconspicuous as possible. Someone stole the window well cover from one house and then went next door, jumped the fence, stole the cover here and then went to another house.
Fishers mother Susan Whitehouse is one of a string of victims who had their window well covers stolen. Now she's looking at replacing it for a few hundred dollars.
"We definitely want to get a cover because of our kids. We are afraid one of our kids will fall into it. There are a lot of young kids on our street, so we will have to eventually get it covered," she said.
Fishers police believe the suspects may try to sell the missing window well covers at scrap yards. Police say you should be on the lookout for people taking other scrap yard items like A/C units, aluminum siding and gutters, copper wire, metal lawn furniture and the list goes on.
Tony Dal Santo still has his window well cover, but he showed us how easy it is to carry away.
"We talked about getting another grate, maybe something that is plastic. That way if someone does come around they are not getting anything out of it," he said.
Since locking the window well cover is not an option because it would violate fire safety codes.
"For right now we are going to keep our fingers crossed and hope we are not the next victim," he said.
People like Dal Santo hope not to fall prey to scrappers. Now that neighbors are talking about the missing window well covers, from now on they will be on defense just in case thieves decide to come back.
Environmental Pickup compiled this list of items that thieves may target at your house or business.
- A/C Condenser Cores
- Aerosol Cans-With Holes
- Air Conditioners
- Alternators/Starters
- Aluminum Awnings
- Aluminum Cans
- Aluminum Gutters
- Aluminum Ladders
- Aluminum Siding
- Aluminum Signs
- Appliances-All Including Microwaves
- Autos & Engines, Parts, Rims
- Ballasts-No PCBs
- Barrels-Aluminum, Steel
- Bathtubs-Cast Iron
- Batteries
Auto, Truck, Forklift, Ups
- BBQ Grills
- Beverage Cans
- Bicycles
- Blenders
- Blowers-Leaf, Other
- Boats-Metal/Aluminum Only
- Brass/Bronze-All Types
- Cans-Aluminum, Steel
- Cars & Engines, Batteries, Rims
- Cast Iron
- Catalytic Converters
- Chain Saws-Drained
- Circuit Breakers
- Coat Hangers-Steel
- Compressors
- Computers (Not Monitors)
- Conduit-Pipe-Aluminum/Steel
- Copper-Pipe, Tube, Wire, Gutters
- Demolition Scrap
- Diesel Engines/Blocks
- Dishwashers
- Drink Cans
- Dryers/Washing Machines
- Duct Work
- DVDs/VCRs- TVs – We charge a $40 disposal fee.
- Electric Meters
- Electric Motors
- Electric Wire-Stripped/Unstripped
- Engines-Drained-Car, Mower
- Exercise Equipment (Most)
- Extension Cords
- Fans
- Fencing-No Concrete
- Fire Extinguishers-With Holes Or Cut
- Fireplace Grates, Doors (No Glass)
- Forklift Trucks
- Freezers
- Fuse Panels
- Furnaces
- Gas Tanks-Cut In Half Only
- Gutters-Aluminum, Copper, Steel
- Hot Water Heaters
- I-Beams-Steel
- Iron-Cast, Other
- Insulated Wire-Copper, Aluminum
- Ladders-Aluminum, Steel
- Lawn Mowers-Gas/Oil Out
- Lawn Furniture
- Lead-Weights, Shields, Etc.
- Leaf Blowers-Gas Out
- Light Fixtures-With & W/Out Ballasts/Transformers
- Manganese
- Metal-Galvanized, Sheet, Iron, Cast, Etc.
- Microwaves
- Mixers
- Motors & Blocks-Elec. & Gas-With Gas/Oil Out
- Nails-Aluminum, Steel
- Ovens-All Types
- Plumbing Fixtures
- Pipe-Copper, Galvanized, Steel
- Poles-Aluminum, Steel
- Pop Cans
- Pots And Pans
- Radiators-Auto, House
- Rebar
- Refrigerators
- Rims-Steel, Aluminum
- Roof Vents, Roof Metal
- Screen Doors/Windows
- Siding-Aluminum
- Sinks-Stainless, Cast Iron, Metal
- Starters/Alternators
- Soda Cans
- Stainless Steel-All-Including Sinks
- Steel-All, Cabinets, Cans, Hangers, Beams, Etc.
- Steel Bor'gs, Turn'gs, Stampings
- Stoves-Electric, Gas, Wood
- Stove Tops
- Structural Steel
- Tanks-Alum, Stainless, Steel-Cut In Half Or Large Holes
- Tin
- Tin Foil-Clean
- Tobacco Racks
- Tools-Hand, Power-Electric, Gas, Hydraulic
- Tractors-Farm, Lawn, Other
- Transformers-Oil Free
- Transmissions-Drained
- Triplex-Wire
- Trucks & Truck Parts
- Vacuum Cleaners
- Washing Machines/Dryers
- Water Heaters
- Weed Wackers-No Gasoline
- Wheel Rims-Steel, Aluminum
- Wire-Copper, Alum, Steel, Triplex;Stripped/Insulated
- White Goods-Appliances
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