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Husband and Wife Copper Bandits Caught in the Act Released- Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Glasgow- Early in the morning on April 14th, Angela Reeves (27), of Windward Court in Elkton, was at the Court of Common Pleas in Wilmington. She left the courthouse with her husband- Travis Reeves (27) and the two apparently made their way south- to a residence along the 2700 block of Pulaski Highway in Glasgow. Here the two forced open the rear door to the home and responded to the basement where they cut copper tubing from the homes infrastructure using a hacksaw. The bandits then staged the copper adjacent to the back door… preparing to load same into the trunk of their car- which was back up next to the home. Unfortunately for these thieves, the owner of this residence also owns an adjacent business. This owner’s employees took notice to the strange vehicle parked at their boss’s home. The employees made their way over toward the crime scene where they startled the two bandits. The suspects jumped into their car and started back in the direction of Cecil County Maryland. One of the aforementioned employees gave chase in his own vehicle, however, lost the suspect vehicle somewhere in Elkton. This employee spotted a Cecil County Sheriff on Frenchtown Road in Maryland and stopped to advise this officer as to the happenings in Delaware. Just as he was providing a description of the suspect vehicle to the officer, a green Oldsmobile with the truck lid open, the suspects drove past. The Cecil County Sheriff stopped the Oldsmobile and took its occupants into custody without incident. Delaware State Police detectives handling this case completed arrests warrants for Angela and Travis Reeves. They are currently being held in Maryland pending extradition back to Delaware. Upon their return, they face the following changes: Burglary (felony), Attempted Theft (felony), Possession of Burglar’s Tools (felony), Conspiracy 2nd (felony) and Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor). |
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