by Kesshia Peyton
Published: Tue, September 23, 2008 - 5:08 pm CST
Last Updated: Tue, September 23, 2008 - 5:11 pm CST
Cracking down on scrap metal thieves is working.Last year, the city of Mobile passed an ordinance requiring scrap metal companies to to keep records of where they buy their materials.
Police say as a result -- so far this year, almost 300 thefts have been reported.
In Grand Bay, Daryl Gomien became a victim of copper theft.
Someone stripped his home and caused about$10,000 worth of damage.
He says there has to be a stronger rule for checks and balances.
"I know that law enforcement does everything within their power to combat this thing and to do their part in saying we're trying to curb this but I think it ought to go a little further than what law enforcement can do and think it ought to go to a place where these salvage yards or whoever owns these places are held accountable for cashing in on somebody else's misfortune," said Daryl Gomien.
Even though there is a scrap metal ordinance within the city of Mobile, the county still doesn't have a law on the books regulating scrap metal companies.
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