The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office says Mark Geri was arrested October 30 and booked on three counts of simple burglary after copper was reported stolen from a business near Mandeville.
Deputies responded October 27 to the business in the 21000 block of Marion Lane. According to the agency, 240 copper plates and more than 240 feet of copper wire had been taken from several storage buildings. The Sheriff's Office said the stolen items were sold at a Tangipahoa Parish scrapyard for about $2,000.
Geri was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center, the agency said. The charges are allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
