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2021-12-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

[WashingtonExaminer] Police say 63-year-old man stole entire bridge

Someone "craned" for attention in stealing a bridge from a local park.

According to police in Akron, Ohio, that person is 63-year-old David Bramley, arrested Friday on charges of felony theft.

"Detectives discovered that Bramley, who formally worked in the Akron area, paid a local trucking company for a crane service. The crane was later used to place the bridge on and off a vehicle that transported it to the Medina County property," said the Akron Police Department in a press statement.

The bridge in question was 58 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet high. Local officials reported that the bridge had suddenly disappeared without notice in mid-December and asked for tips or information about the thieves.

Those tips allowed police to identify Bramley as a suspect. Upon investigating his property, police said they found the bridge partially disassembled. Bramley has not commented on whether he committed the crime.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 ....Yeeeeeeeeeah, if you have to hire a crane to steal something, you probably haven't thought your fiendish plan all the way through.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-22 06:56|| 2021-12-22 06:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Pedestrian bridge, usually in 2 spans. The cast-in-place concrete decking will be F'd up from lifting. Not your smartest wanna-be criminal bridge engineer

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-22 08:44|| 2021-12-22 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey pal, wanna by a bridge?
Sure. But how will I get it home?
No problem! I know a guy with a crane.

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-22 09:10|| 2021-12-22 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Nobody noticed a crane lifting a 58 foot long bridge?

Seriously?

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-12-22 09:41|| 2021-12-22 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 have we reached peak stupidity yet?

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-22 10:42|| 2021-12-22 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6
#4 Nobody noticed a crane lifting a 58 foot long bridge?

Seriously?
Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-12-22 09:41

...If I have my locations right (full disclosure - it's been 30 years since I spent any real time in Akron) this was near the south side of Downtown, and that's an industrial area with constant construction. It would have certainly been noticed by someone passing by, but it wouldn't have seemed terribly out of the ordinary.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-22 11:17|| 2021-12-22 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Perhaps he was taking it to Arizona?

"Anyone seen my bridge? I'd hate to lose it... it was part of a set..."

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-22 11:23|| 2021-12-22 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Ohio man quickly catching Florida man.

Posted by Lonzo Hapsburg5562 2021-12-22 12:27|| 2021-12-22 12:27|| Front Page Top

#9 "Where's that confounded bridge?"

- Led Zepplin

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-22 12:55|| 2021-12-22 12:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Not your smartest wanna-be criminal bridge engineer

I'd check the Florida International University grad list for suspects.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-12-22 13:30|| 2021-12-22 13:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Did they post a pic on the back of a milk carton?

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-12-22 15:06|| 2021-12-22 15:06|| Front Page Top

00:48 Besoeker
00:40 Frank G