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Public Safety Watch: Gold prospecting equipment stolen
By David Richie - drichie@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, May 22, 2008
Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G3
Gold prospecting equipment was targeted in two thefts reported recently to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.
On the afternoon of May 12, a Latrobe resident told deputies that a custom-made sluice box and a pump had been taken from a spot on his property along the Cosumnes River. The box was valued at about $1,000. The property owner said he did not think the box could have been taken out across his property and he talked with deputies about the possibility that it was floated downstream to a point where the thieves could load it into a vehicle.
A Lotus area property owner was hit even harder. On April 25, he discovered that someone had cut the lock off his storage container off Webber Creek Road and replaced it with a new lock. He sawed that lock off and soon determined that his storage container had been ransacked. The losses included two Keene gold dredges and their pumps, worth about $3,000 each. A $600 Keene swirl pan also was missing. The thieves also rolled out six spools of copper wire, each weighing about 300 pounds and worth about $500. A $900 riding lawn mower also was taken.
Suspect keeps the beer
A theft suspect in Folsom escaped last week while carrying a case of beer, police said. Police the suspect who may have been involved in a fistfight and possible bicycle theft at the Chevron gas station and convenience store at Prairie City and Iron Point roads. Officers took one person into custody near the Malabar Restaurant, said Officer Michelle Beattie, police spokeswoman. That suspect was described as a Latino male, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing a tan jacket. But the key detail is that he was last seen carrying a case of beer that was also somehow involved in the altercation, Beattie said.
Fire near Rescue doused
Fire crews contained a 35-acre blaze near Rescue in El Dorado County on May 13. The fire, which broke out early the evening of May 12, was contained about 3 p.m. the next day, said Tobie Edmonds, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. No structures were damaged and no injuries were reported in the fire, which burned in the area of Gold Hill Road and Rancho Vista Lane. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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