Metal Thefts Top $24K in August

Thieves stole more than $24,000 worth of metal signs, sprinkler heads and other metal materials  in Napa County last month, according to Deputy Jon Thompson of the and .

Wednesday afternoon, Thompson issued a list of unsolved thefts for which Crime Stoppers is offering cash rewards in exchange for information leading to arrests.

Items stolen during the month of August 2011:

• 2’ x 10” steel letters spelling KENZO ESTATE, value $1500, stolen from the 3200 Block of Monticello Road

• 200 brass sprinkler heads, value $2200, stolen from the 3100 block of Silverado Trail

• 8” brass letters spelling SIGNORELLO ESTATE WINERY, value $4,000, stolen from the 4500 block of Silverado Trail

• 7 pounds lead brick and 100 feet of copper wire on a roll, value $521, stolen from the 5700 block of Broadway in American Canyon

• ½ ton storage bin labeled HALL, value $3,000

• 40,000 LBS of copper pipe, value $13,000, stolen from the 400 block of Highway 29

Anonymous tips leading to arrests for these thefts are eligible for no-questions-asked cash payments of up to $1,000 from Napa Valley Crime Stoppers.

Tips can be made by calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-450-9543 or texting to 274637 with NVCS at the beginning of the tip.