(La Porte County, IN) - A second person has now been charged in connection with theft of copper wire belonging to the South Shore Railroad commuter line.

 

Gregory Saylor, Jr. is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 6 felony theft.

 

According to court documents, the other suspect, Shane Leslie, 28, cut and took about 80 feet of copper wire from two junction boxes near the tracks on N. Range Road about two weeks ago.

 

Somehow, a percentage of the wire allegedly wound up in the hands of Saylor, who sold what he had for about $400 at a La Porte scrap yard.

Police said the rest of the stole copper was sold by Leslie for about $200 at the same scrap yard, Spectrum Recycling Services, on Park St.

 

Footage from a surveillance camera showed the thief arriving at the junction boxes on a scooter and driving off with the wire, police said.

 

According to court documents, officers checking scrap yards in the area discovered the stolen wire purchase at Spectrum Recycling where a staff member assisted with the investigation.

 

Saylor and Leslie each could face anywhere from a six month to 30 month sentence.