HOUSTON -- Dennis Lavaige knew something wasn’t right when he spotted a tractor-trailer hauling 45,000 pounds of brand new aluminum bars. "I just don’t buy something like that from an individual," said the owner of the C&D Scrap Metal in the Heights. Houston police said the metal, worth about $250,000, and the truck were stolen two weeks ago. Officers were searching for it when they got wind of the delivery to the C&D lot. "Red flags go up all over the place," said HPD Officer Chad Stivers. Lavaige says the men who delivered the metal took off before police arrived -- and before they got paid. Cameron International, the company that owns all of that aluminum, now has its property back. Police are working to track down those not-so-smart crooks before they strike again.
