Sand Springs Police Arrest Pair In Connection With Copper Theft

Sand Springs Police arrested a man and woman accused of trying to steal copper from the old Rader Correction Center early Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, January 4th 2012, 7:59 am

By: News On 6


Sand Springs Police arrested a man and woman accused of stealing copper from the old Rader Juvenile Detention Center early Wednesday morning.

Police got the call just after 2 a.m. after security guards at Webco Industries next door saw flashlights and heard banging on the grounds.

The Rader Center is located on Highway 51 just west of the city.

Sand Springs Police officer saw a pickup truck leave the property and followed it to a nearby convenience store.  

The officer initiated a traffic stop and found 200-300 pounds of copper in the truck's bed.

Police arrested 43-year-old Toby Hall of Tulsa and booked him into the Tulsa County jail on burglary complaints.

Hall told police two other people were still on the property.

Police set up a perimeter until a K-9 unit and a helicopter from the Tulsa Police Department could join the search.  

They eventually found 24-year-old Amber Lay of Skiatook hiding in dense brush near a fence.

Officers say Lay refused to leave the brush, so they sent the K-9 unit in after her.  They then arrested her and booked her into jail.

Police believe the third suspect, a man, may have escaped by climbing onto a train which had stopped temporarily and blocked the entrance to the Rader property.

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