St. Leonard's still attractive to copper thief

Feb, 27, 2007 5:56 PM
A concerned citizen called police with a description of a person suspected in the recent copper downspout thefts at St. Leonard's Church, 3318 S. Clarence. The offender is described as a thin white male, about 5'11", wearing a blue baseball cap and driving a small, dirty, dark green vehicle. The responding officer saw two downspouts had been damaged in an attempt to remove them; one was actually pulled off and damaged but left at the scene. It is being stored out of sight for safekeeping.

Thieves take more copper downspouts from St. Leonard's Church

February 24, 2007

Only days after reporting the theft of 20 feet of valuable copper downspouts from St. Leonard's Church, 3318 S. Clarence, thieves struck the building again, stealing at least six more. According to church employee Merced Gonzalez, large sections of copper were also damaged in failed attempts at theft.
Police have been watching the premises periodically since last week's report. The city of Berwyn is not the only place where copper theft occurs; over the past year, many Chicago suburbs have reported incidents of repeated theft of copper from buildings such as homes and churches.

Copper stolen from St. Leonard's church building

February 16, 12:18 PM
Church employee Merced Gonzalez alerted police to the theft of about 20 feet of copper downspouts from St. Leonard's Church, 3318 Clarence, and asked that police watch the building since the same thing had happened several times in the past year.

Copper thieves strike again

Feb. 12, 12:19 PM
Unknown persons removed pieces of copper gutter from Concordia Lutheran Church, 3144 S. Home Ave., and damaged remaining gutter pieces while trying unsuccessfully to take them too.