Burlington Trio Caught Meddling with Metal

Three Burlington men are charged with 2nd Degree Theft, after a Danville area man’s neighbor spotted them stealing metal from a storage building they didn’t own.

44-year old John Helmick, 18-year old Jason Hatton and 66-year old Archie Allen were stopped with the steel and other metal in their truck, and even though they offered to put it back, they were arrested and taken to the Des Moines County jail.

If convicted, each could go to prison for up to five years.