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UPDATE: Church Uses Baby Monitor To Help Nab Suspected Copper Thieves

December 2, 2011 1:30 PM

Members of a Carmichael church that had been targeted by copper thieves
for two nights in a row managed to help nab the suspected thieves when
the greedy pair returned for a third night.

Just hours after a report by CBS13’s Tony Lopez on the repeated copper
theft at the church aired, the alleged suspects returned to the scene of
the crime, but this time, church officials were prepared.

They set up a baby monitor on top of the Carmichael Bible Church at 7100
Fair Oaks Blvd., hooked it up to a monitor and VCR, and took shifts
watching it.

Around 4:30 Friday morning, more than six hours into the overnight
stakeout, the alleged thieves returned and Pastor Jeff Livingston was
watching. He saw the suspects return, alerted other members of the
church and called authorities.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies arrived shortly thereafter and
arrested the pair, identified Friday as Curtis Darnell, 36, and Howard
Sanders, 26.

Howard Sanders, 26, left, and Curtis Darnell, 36
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Detectives are currently trying to determine if the two are responsible
for the previous break-ins.
copper thefts UPDATE: Church Uses Baby Monitor To Help Nab Suspected
Copper Thieves

“Like an adrenaline rush, ‘Hey guys come out here, come out here,
they’re there,” Pastor Jeff told CBS13. “I believe that justice is
served to the wicked. Sometimes we see that and sometimes we don’t. This
time we got to be a part of it happening, so it feels good.”

The church is without heat right now because thieves grabbed copper from
the heating and cooling system.

The suspects spent the first night preparing for the costly theft by
draining the Freon out of the machines and tore out as much copper as
they could carry on the second night.

When the thieves left behind tools, church officials were concerned that
they may return for a third night and put their plan into place.

The damage will likely add up to more than $50,000.

Sanders and Darnell were each charged with felony counts of vandalism,
grand theft and criminal conspiracy.