Pa. woman accused of stealing 5-ton steel coil

[June 07, 2008]  ROCHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Beaver County woman stole a 5-ton steel coil and drove for miles in a three-quarter-ton pickup before the sagging truck was pulled over. New Sewickley Township police said when they stopped 40-year-old Linda Lee Boots, of Koppel, early Thursday, the truck's right side was crushed and the tires looked flat.

Police said the truck also was carrying two boxes of copper fittings weighing 120 pounds. Authorities said the items were stolen from Chambers Steel Service in Hermitage, about 30 miles from where Boots was stopped.

Hermitage police said they found a forklift running with no one around at Chambers Steel. The company's owner later verified the coil was missing.

Boots is charged with receiving stolen property. A phone number for Boots could not immediately be found.

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