Police Arrest Pennsauken Man for $15K Theft from Collingswood Drilling Site

A Pennsauken man who allegedly made off with some $15,000 in tools from the test well drilling site at North Park Drive was arrested by Collingswood police.

At 8 a.m. on October 24, workers at the job site reported that several construction tools were believed to have been taken sometime between then and October 7. 

Among the items missing were two huge wrenches, one valued at $5,000, and another valued at $10,000. 

Detectives credit an alert observer with allegedly having seen someone enter the premises and put some items into a silver car, the license plate number of which the witness reported to police.

That vehicle was registered to Thomas Deputy, 38, of Pennsauken. He was charged with third-degree theft and was released on a summons.

Construction projects are likely targets for thefts; in the past year, more than $16,000 in materials was reported stolen from the South State Construction-run project on Route 130 in the borough.