BATTLE CREEK, Michigan (WXMI) — Stolen lead bricks weighing roughly 3,000 pounds were recovered this week, found buried in the backyard of a Battle Creek home.
A burglary at a business from July 18 resulted in the theft of the bricks. Nearly a month later, the Battle Creek Police Department executed a search warrant at a home on Elsmere Street. Officers found the bricks buried out back.
The 60-year-old man identified as a suspect in the case hid the bricks in the dirt, according to investigators…