Aug 06 2008
Railroad Thievery
Two men were charged Tuesday with stealing railroad tracks.
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies arrested 23-year-old Kenneth Ray Watts Jr. of the 1400 block Middlesbrough Drive, and 38-year-old Terry Walton Green of the 100 block of Williams Lane in Roseboro.
The pair were arrested around 7 p.m. at the CSX railroad tracks along Camden and Crystal Springs roads. They were walking along the tracks after driving a black SUV about 100 yards from the Camden Road overpass, according to a news release.
Detectives found 40 steel plates, 25 railroad spokes and five 3-foot sections of railroad tracks in the vehicle, all belonging to CSX, the release said.
I wonder what the street value is of a railroad track these days.
