Potty-room pilfering: Auto flushers stolen in Ohio

By: Associated Press | WNCT-On Your Side
Published: January 26, 2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A restroom rip-off in central Ohio has automatic flushers disappearing from the bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses.

He says safeguards are needed because the flushers can be costly to repair.

Police say it's been happening in at least a couple Columbus suburbs. Investigators don't know if the thefts are related.

Handyman John Hahn tells WBNS-TV (http://bit.ly/yGqJ3c ) the flushers are likely being stolen for scrap because they contain a metal called red brass that can bring $2.50 per pound.

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