| September 18, 2006 |
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| Jenkins Arrested for Stealing
High Dollar Metal |
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Burke County
Sheriff's Office investigators arrested an employee of Emery Corporation on
Friday, alleging the man was involved in stealing high dollar metal from the
company.
Steven Allen Jenkins, 46, of 4559 Scott Road in Morganton was
charged with felonious larceny by employee after detectives recovered a portion
of the stolen property from a metal recycling business in Hickory, according to
Det. John Huffman. |
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| Emery officials said
that approximately $256,322.85 worth of metal had been stolen from the
corporation, with the thefts occurring as far back as October of 2004. The
expensive metal is largely used in nuclear reactors, and is also sold to NASA,
Huffman said. |
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| Emery is located at 1523
North Green Street in Morganton. |
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| Huffman stated he
received information last week showing the metal was possibly being stolen by
an employee, and Jenkins was developed as a suspect. |
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| Other charges are
pending and other "persons of interest" are being interviewed, the detective
said. |
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| Jenkins was placed under
a $25,000 secured bond and will have a first court appearance today. |
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