LIRR workers face charges in copper theft
Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | It may be several months before a state appeals court decides whether the controversial MTA payroll tax stays or goes, but business owners still have to act fast if they eventually want to get back all the money they've paid toward the tax, officials said. This is a train in the LIRR station in Huntington. (July 25, 2012)
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Fifteen Long Island Rail Road signal workers face charges of stealing and reselling hundreds of thousands of dollars in copper wire, sources close to the investigation said Wednesday.
The employees, with LIRR experience ranging from 6 to 30 years, are to be indicted Friday in Nassau County, the sources said.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority police notified the workers of the charges...
