AVOCA - Avoca police arrested a Jenkins Twp. man on charges he stole $1,400 worth of scrap metal from a Main Street home March 8.
Eric Burgerhoff, 22, stole 600 pounds of copper pipes and brass from his former employer's building on the 600 block of Main Street, then sold it during multiple trips to a scrap yard, police said.
Mr. Burgerhoff was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful taking and taken to Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of bail. He's slated for a preliminary hearing March 20.