TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Police say a Brevard County man’s scheme to make quick cash by selling stolen copper wire was foiled Monday when a sale was traced back to him.Officials with the Florida Power and Lights plant in Merritt Island reported someone cut a hole in their chain link fence and removed 15,665 feet of copper wire on Dec.
2, a police report states. The theft was estimated to be about $8,752 worth of copper.[TRENDING: Seniors sleep in cars waiting for vaccine | How to get vaccine in Fla. | ‘Amen and awoman:’ Backlash over prayer]Surveillance footage shows a Nissan Xterra driving around the facility with its headlights off and leaving the area just before 4:30 a.m.Later that afternoon, the culprit, later identified as Seddrick Brown,.