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Thursday, September 25, 2008

$6M Worth of Computer Parts Stolen from Cell Towers

"Horton was arrested Wednesday after a month-long joint investigation by Snellville police, Gwinnett County police and FBI agents. ...

Dwayne Horton, 43, of Dacula, was allegedly breaking into cell phone towers, pilfering circuit boards and hard drives and then fencing them in cities as far away as Boston and Chicago, said Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead. He may have made more than a half-million dollars in profits, Whitehead said."

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$6 million in computer parts stolen from cell towers
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA