WEST ROCKHILL CRIME

Police seek scrap metal thieves who made off with more than $5K worth of metal over three nights

The incidents occurred at BKG Company on Clymer Road.

The incidents occurred at BKG Company on Clymer Road.

  • Public Safety

Pennridge Regional Police are attempting to identify two scrap metal thieves who hit a West Rockhill Township business over three nights for compressors, condensers and other metals.

On Wednesday, police were dispatched to BKG Company, 2990 Clymer Road, for a report of theft of scrap metal.

Police said, during the overnight and early morning hours of July 26, July 27 and July 28, two men removed $5,400 worth of scrap metal from the parking lot.

    


The scrap metal consisted of freon cylinders, A/C condensers, A/C compressors and various other pieces of metal, police said.

Surveillance camera captured two vehicles and two individuals committing the theft, police said.

One vehicle is a silver Chevrolet Silverado regular cab with a ladder rack on the rear bed, possibly a 2002 to 2008 model year. The second vehicle was a dark-colored Dodge Ram 1500 with damage along the passenger side fenders, police said.

    
    


The first male suspect was wearing a red sweatshirt and khaki-colored pants, while the other male had long blonde hair in a ponytail, wearing shorts, a baseball cap, police said.

Call Officer Samantha Adams at Pennridge Regional Police at 215-257-5104 with information or email [email protected].


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.