Thieves make off with 5,000 pounds of lead bricks

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jul 2, 2008 at 11:24 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2008 at 11:24 AM EDT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Talk about a strong-arm robbery.

Campus police say thieves swiped 200 lead bricks sometime over the weekend or on Monday from the University of Michigan.

The bricks weigh a total of 5,000 pounds and are worth about $2,000. They are used as barriers to contain radiation in scientific experiments.

Police tell The Ann Arbor News the thieves may have made off with their heavy haul intending to sell the bricks as scrap metal.

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Information from: The Ann Arbor News, http://www.mlive.com/aanews

Thursday, Jul 3 at 3:51 AM michigonnian wrote ...

He must've been hungry and trying to cook something.....he's in Michigan

Thursday, Jul 3 at 3:49 AM michigonian wrote ...

This case is heavy man...and I wonder if the bricks glow in the dark?

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 11:22 PM Robert wrote ...

It takes time to steal 5000 pounds of lead. Apparently someone is not doing their job on that campus.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 9:51 PM Lead Foot wrote ...

There are many people around that make their own deer slugs or bullets out of lead. I'd be asking bullet makers if they had some people sell them some heavy bricks of lead. That kind of lead is unusual and most bullet makers use old tire weights to melt down. This is a heavy situation.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 5:24 PM Caution wrote ...

This is probably related to the new fad for super-balloons. Odd as it sounds, kids are using old washer rollers to make a thin lead foil, they then fill it with helium from a party store and get up to all kinds of mischief. I salute the ingenuity but I do worry about what happens when one of these comes crashing down.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 4:46 PM Lippy the Lion wrote ...

Yeah, Hardy. Those police need to make those thieves hit the bricks.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 11:29 AM Hardy Harhar wrote ...

Sounds like the campus police need to get the lead out & find those thieves.

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