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Excavator joyride leads to $25K in damages

A scale shack was demolished overnight Saturday and a 60-foot conveyer damaged after someone broke into a Gorham Township gravel pit off Virolainen Road and stole an excavator. Thunder Bay OPP said the damage is estimated to be more than $25,000.
Leith Dunick
Leith Dunick

A scale shack was demolished overnight Saturday and a 60-foot conveyer damaged after someone broke into a Gorham Township gravel pit off Virolainen Road and stole an excavator.

Thunder Bay OPP said the damage is estimated to be more than $25,000.

They said an employee of the gravel pit made the discovery Saturday morning, noting the scale shack had been demolished and torn from its mounting. The conveyer suffered frame damage.

Police ask anyone with information to phone 1-888-310-1122 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Leith Dunick

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A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time (it's happening!). Twitter: @LeithDunick
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