Demolition of former middle school attracts copper and metal thieves.
In the original version of the story, they came bearing gold, frankincense and myrrh. But in the modern retelling, they came to Bethlehem looking not to deliver but to remove.
According to the Bethlehem Area News, the demolition and stripping of the old Broughal Middle School in Bethlehem has attracted a slew of copper and other metal thieves, according to police.
Piles of copper piping and mounds of wire have been stolen, police said, in the few days the school has been under demolition. Several hundred pounds of copper is missing from the site, police said.
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