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Crime & Safety

Town Police Log: Copper Thief Causes Gas Leak

Leak may have gone undiscovered for several days.

Sometime between May 30 and Thursday on Brides Path in Water Mill, a copper thief removed a three-foot section of pipe hooked up to a liquefied petroleum gas line causing a leak, according to police.

Police said a 32-year-old Manhattan man reported the theft and leak on Thursday. The responded.

The case is active and pending investigation, police said.

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