CRISP COUNTY, Ga. — A man is accused of stealing copper tubing and equipment from a south Georgia college.
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Crisp County deputies responded to South Georgia Technical College on North Midway Road around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a theft.
The theft happened Oct. 29 and was captured on campus security cameras. Deputies said the video showed a man entering a restricted outdoor maintenance area and taking two boxes containing 50 feet of copper tubing and a heater strip kit.
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After reviewing the footage, deputies identified the suspect as 42-year-old Johnny Lawrence Bagwell Jr. Investigators also located a vehicle matching the one seen in the surveillance video at Bagwell’s home.
By 10:30 a.m., Bagwell had been taken into custody and transported to the Crisp County Jail.
Bagwell, of Cordele, is charged with second-degree burglary, interfering with property of public utility companies or government entities, and misdemeanor theft of service.
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