Man caught stealing scrap metal from I-75 construction zone

According to the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Lebanon post, troopers were called at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 to investigate two suspicious men wearing fluorescent traffic vests and loading scrap metal into a pickup truck in the I-75 construction zone near milepost 39.

As troopers arrived, one of the men fled from the scene, but Pennington was apprehended. A white 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck that was registered to Pennington was found with several hundred pounds of scrap metal in the bed of the truck, along with several metal-cutting tools and receipts from various scrap yards.