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State Police Seek Information On String Of Construction Site Thefts In Westmoreland County

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (KDKA) – Police are looking for a suspect or suspects after thousands of dollars worth of tools were stolen from construction sites in Westmoreland County.

"Get a real job and stay out of people's stuff," said general contractor Steve Pugh, who is understandably upset with those responsible for pilfering his tool trailer at a Mount Pleasant work site.

"I started yelling at my guys, saying 'you left the power washer outside,'" Pugh said. "He said, 'no I didn't,' and when we got close enough to the trailer we realized we were broken into."

Multiple tools and other equipment were all gone, all adding up to big money lost for the Maryland-based outfit.

"We probably lost $5,000," Pugh said. "It shut us down for three days. We drove back to Annapolis over the weekend to get some of the tools (the thief) got from us. There really ain't much you can do if you ain't got the tools to build the place."

The stolen tools were bad enough, and lost work time on the job site not helpful, but for Pugh, something else was stolen that is valuable to anybody who makes their living outside.

"I just had a brand new pair of boots I bought they was in the trailer they took those," he said.

Investigators say the construction site theft is one of many in the area .

"Had enough of being ripped off," Pugh said. "This is the third or fourth time in the last three or four years. Gets kind of crazy after a while."

If you have any idea who's responsible for the thefts at the Mount Pleasant construction site or any of the others in and around Westmoreland and Fayette countis, state police want to hear from you county state police want to hear from you at their Greensburg barracks at 724-832-3288.

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