House Takes Testimony To Toughen Rules For Metal Thieves, Scrap Yards

State House Starting Scrap With Scrappers
A worker cuts up Indonesian rickshaws locally known as bajaj for scrap metal at a junkyard in Jakarta on May 7, 2013 as owners traded in their old vehicles to the government transport agency for more environmentally friendly newer models. The Indonesian transport agency is targetting around 14,424 units as part of a phase out program to introduce the newer models. AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)
A worker cuts up Indonesian rickshaws locally known as bajaj for scrap metal at a junkyard in Jakarta on May 7, 2013 as owners traded in their old vehicles to the government transport agency for more environmentally friendly newer models. The Indonesian transport agency is targetting around 14,424 units as part of a phase out program to introduce the newer models. AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)

LANSING — West Bloomfield businessman Randy Yono wasn’t able to get to Lansing Tuesday to testify in support of a package of bills that would toughen up laws against the stripping of homes, buildings, railroad tracks and utility polls.

He was too busy worrying about the $2 million-$3 million worth of metal and equipment stripped from a vacant Southfield hotel he owned and was hoping to renovate and reopen.

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