Starkey Flythe, 76, told deputies the posts were taken from behind properties in the 1100 block of Broad Street between Dec. 27 and Tuesday, according to a Richmond County sheriff’s report.
An Augusta man reported the theft of two solid iron column posts each weighing 4,000 pounds and worth $15,000 apiece, police said.
Starkey Flythe, 76, told deputies the posts were taken from behind properties in the 1100 block of Broad Street between Dec. 27 and Tuesday, according to a Richmond County sheriff’s report.
Besides their weight, just how big are these things? Height/length? That'll certainly help people identify them if they see some dude carrying them around! Well, at 4000 pounds, he'd need alittle help from some friends, wouldn't he?
I'd say anyone tough enough to take those should be left alone!
Two 2 ton iron columns should be easily spottable in any recycling center. It would take a flatbed trailer to haul those things not to mention the crane that would have been used to load them.
Good point, madgerman. It is curious why people would leave their stuff outside for months on end and then complain when someone walks off with it. Now that I think about it, my ladder is outside leaning up against the side of the house. I'd better bring it inside this evening.
This sounds like the beginning of one of those crime caper movies.
The Great Iron Pole Robbery
starring Sticky-Fingers Pitt
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