By Susan Jacobson
The Orlando Sentinel (Florida)
DUNDEE, Fla. — A state Division of Forestry firefighter was arrested Wednesday after Polk County deputies said he stole irrigation pipes from his employer and sold them to scrap-metal dealers.
Investigators from the sheriff’s agricultural-crimes unit arrested Michael Lamar Adams II, 26, on suspicion of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and defrauding a secondhand metal dealer.
Deputies said Adams sold 15 aluminum pipes worth $1,500 to two dealers for $300.
The Sheriff’s Office said Adams admitted taking the 4-inch piping, used to fight forest fires, from his office in Dundee.