A cable theft gone wrong has landed two Philadelphia men in legal jeopardy—not just for stealing, but for trespassing on one of nature’s most protected addresses, reports Jo Ciavaglia for Bucks County Courier Times.
Northampton Township police and local park rangers caught Ilyosdzhon Bakiev and Abdurakhim Vakhitov last week after the pair allegedly pushed past a posted security gate and into a restricted zone surrounding an active bald eagle nest. The pair were in pursuit of scrap metal from utility infrastructure near the Churchville Reservoir.
The haul, investigators say, caused nearly $34,000 in damage…