Copper Theft Suspect Arrested
Posted/updated on: July 27, 2011 at 12:21 pm
TYLER — Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith says a man suspected of stealing copper from numerous churches in East Texas is now in custody. He says video from one of the churches showed a suspect’s car and Monday, Evergreen Memorial Cemetery called in a report of a suspect stealing bronze markers. Deputies arrested 25-year-old Bryson Jamar Anthony of Kilgore. Smith says Anthony eventually confessed to 13 thefts of air conditioning units to obtain copper. Anthony was booked into the Smith County Jail on numerous charges with bond set at $390,000. The sheriff says other counties where Anthony is suspected of copper theft will be given opportunities to question Anthony.
