The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man in connection with copper theft at a local business.
Deputies responded to a business in the 2100 block of Marion Lane near Mandeville due to a burglary.
According to deputies, Mark Geri, 48, entered several storage buildings at the business and removed 240 copper plates and more than 240 feet of copper wire.
The stolen items had been sold at a scrapyard in Tangipahoa Parish for approximately $2,000.
Deputies were able to determine that Geri was the suspect, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Geri was located in a Mandeville-area parking lot that same day and was arrested.
He was in possession of several pieces of the stolen property.
Geri is being charged with three counts of simple burglary.
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