Thieves have stolen at least 4 air conditioning units from a Center Line neighborhood, leaving residents without a way to cool their homes as summer temperatures climb.
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Thieves stealing Center Line neighborhood’s air conditioning units
Police say the thefts happened at Kramer Homes Co-op, where cut wires, empty pads, and exposed copper are all that remain where the units once sat. Investigators believe the thieves are targeting the units for the copper inside.
Maggie Demos, a Kramer Homes resident, said she learned her unit was gone after a call from a maintenance worker.
“I get a call around noon, and they tell me that the maintenance man noticed that my a/c was stolen,” Demos said.
Demos said her neighbor’s unit was also taken…