THORNTOWN, Ind. -- An Illinois man is accused of stealing over $13,000 worth of copper from an Indiana business.

Richard L. Frank of Elgin, Illinois, was arrested by Boone County deputies on Wednesday. He faces a theft of valuable metal charge as well as a fraud charge, according to Indiana's court reporting system.

In a Thorntown police report, an employee called the department to report a suspicious incident. In February, a subject arrived at Stalcop Metal Forming and claimed to be the business's scrap reclaim vendor. The subject was wearing a reflective vest and a hard hat and stated he was there to pick up any damaged material.

He then attempted to enter the admin building and other areas of the facility to locate said materials. The report noted that the employee did not attempt to

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