Men charged with scrap metal theft
DUNMORE - Two Scranton men were charged with theft, trespass and related counts after Dunmore police responding to reports of stolen scrap metal stopped their truck Saturday.
William Robert Burger, 34, 918½ Beech St., and Francis Lee Yadlosky, 38, of the same address, were stopped at Branch and Hennigan streets after police received a call from property owner Matthew Capooci.
Mr. Capooci told police two men in a green Dodge Dakota had stolen scrap metal from a property in the 1100 block of East Drinker Street.
Police said the truck they stopped was loaded with scrap metal.
Mr. Yadlosky is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail. Preliminary hearing information was not available. Information on Mr. Burger was not available.