Police: Copper Piping Reportedly Taken from Vacant House on Harding Street

A woman from reported to Medfield Police on Sept. 23 that copper piping had been taken from a vacant house she was showing on Harding Street, according to police reports.

The woman called on Sept. 23 at 3:09 p.m. to report she was showing a vacant house on Harding Street and when she went into the basement, there was running water and “someone had stolen some copper piping,” according to police reports.

Medfield Chief of Police Robert Meaney Jr. explained the value and interest in taking copper piping.

“Copper piping has value as a salvage material and is evidently worth the risk of being caught to go into vacant houses and businesses and remove it,” Meaney said. “You will find this type of theft increased in frequency throughout the country approximately one to two years ago. It is not just copper but other types of metal as well.”

Meaney said while this type of crime has increased over the last couple of years, it is not particularly common in Medfield.

“We have not had a large number of these thefts in Medfield since there are not many vacant houses or businesses but it does occur.”

Jewelry Reported Stolen from Woman on Woodbridge Road

A woman came into the Medfield Police Station on Friday, Sept. 23 at 11:24 a.m. to speak with an officer about some of her jewelry that was stolen some time in the last week, according to police reports.

“The jewelry larceny is in the preliminary stages of the investigation and we are still collecting information,” Medfield Chief of Police Robert Meaney Jr. said.