Atlanta Water Department workers Charles Edwards and William Spalding accused of theft
Police arrest two city employees Monday afteoon, taking them right off the job.
Charles Edwards and William Spalding, longtime water workers are accused of stealing equipment -- a little at a time -- and taking that equipment to a metal recycler.
One of the two had been doing it for so long; it was allegedly a side job, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation.
Water commissioner Jo Ann Macrina says they're able to confirm that taxpayer funded equipment had been sold as far back as 2008. The value of that equipment is in excess of $60,000.
Sources say employee theft is much bigger than what these two are charged with. Dozens of industrial meters a back hoe and various other equipment were taken in incidents unrelated to Monday's arrest.
Macrina promised more arrests are coming
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