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Harley copper thieves seen on surveillance video
Harley copper thieves seen on surveillance video
MENOMONEE FALLS (WITI) — Surveillance video of a Milwaukee couple stealing copper from the Harley-Davidson plant in Menomonee Falls has been obtained by FOX6.
25-year-old Jaren Brezovar remains behind bars as of Friday, October 25th. 32-year-old Tammy Ilk has bonded out of jail. The couple has been charged with movable property theft.
An employee at Harley-Davidson noticed a suspicious pressure washing truck on site doing a job. The people running it were apparently also taking and loading scrap onto the truck.
After looking at surveillance video, Harley-Davidson security noticed the same truck was on site four different times between September 14th and October 5th. The two suspects were in the truck all four times.
The motor company discovered that pressure washing company’s contract expired three months before — and it was Ilk who signed in at the security gate as a ruse.
Two days later, Harley-Davidson and Menomonee Falls Police set up a sting. An officer hid on-site and allegedly watched them pull up in the same truck. Ilk signed in and washed the trucks while Brezovar grabbed the scrap copper wire from the metal recycling bins. They were arrested on the spot.
The criminal complaint says the two admitted to all the thefts. The defendants apparently either split the money or used it to buy heroin.
The complaint also indicates one of the defendant’s relatives was in on the copper thefts although she has not been charged.
This same Harley plant was robbed in late September and early October by two men, who also stole copper wire.