Afton brothers accused of burglarizing home for scrap
GUILFORD – The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office says two Afton brothers stripped metal pipes and radiators from the interior of a Guilford home to sell as scrap.
Deputies arrested 29-year-old Clifford J. Beardsley and 31-year-old Gary G. Beardsley of Afton Monday and charged them with third degree burglary.
Lt. Richard Cobb said the men removed all the radiators and copper piping from a Guilford home on Saturday.
Cobb said a woman in charge of caring for the unoccupied farmhouse used the home’s water the day before, but was unable to water livestock at the residence the following day.
“She returned the next day, except the water wasn’t working and when she went to investigate, she found all the copper piping in the basement was gone,” he said.
The night before the crime was reported, Cobb said a New York State Trooper pulled the Beardsley brothers over at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
Cobb said he believed that by coincidence, the trooper happened to stop the two men while they were removing the stolen material.
“The trooper pulled them over for a traffic related incident, noticed the vehicle was loaded up with metal components, copper pipes, and they were then allowed to continue on their way. The next day, the trooper happened to overhear about the burglary complaint and gave us a call,” said Cobb.
Cobb said sheriff’s investigators later arrested the two men, but were unable to locate any of the stolen metal. Police are claiming they sold the materials for cash prior to their arrest.
Both men were arraigned in Town of Guilford Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $8,000 cash bail.
Deputies arrested 29-year-old Clifford J. Beardsley and 31-year-old Gary G. Beardsley of Afton Monday and charged them with third degree burglary.
Lt. Richard Cobb said the men removed all the radiators and copper piping from a Guilford home on Saturday.
Cobb said a woman in charge of caring for the unoccupied farmhouse used the home’s water the day before, but was unable to water livestock at the residence the following day.
“She returned the next day, except the water wasn’t working and when she went to investigate, she found all the copper piping in the basement was gone,” he said.
The night before the crime was reported, Cobb said a New York State Trooper pulled the Beardsley brothers over at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
Cobb said he believed that by coincidence, the trooper happened to stop the two men while they were removing the stolen material.
“The trooper pulled them over for a traffic related incident, noticed the vehicle was loaded up with metal components, copper pipes, and they were then allowed to continue on their way. The next day, the trooper happened to overhear about the burglary complaint and gave us a call,” said Cobb.
Cobb said sheriff’s investigators later arrested the two men, but were unable to locate any of the stolen metal. Police are claiming they sold the materials for cash prior to their arrest.
Both men were arraigned in Town of Guilford Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $8,000 cash bail.
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