More than $6,100 in aluminum, lawn equipment, tools and other items recently was stolen from Walter Knoll Florist on Knoll Drive in the Arnold area, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Between 6:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 8:30 a.m. Feb. 11, someone got inside unlocked trailers on the property and stole 1,500 pounds of scrap aluminum and aluminum framing, as well as a RedMax backpack blower, a RedMax string trimmer, a Wacker compacter, a Kobalt air compressor, a black Craftsman toolbox, a Carlyle metric socket set, a Carlyle metric wrench set, a Craftsman screw driver set, 15 Blue Hawk pliers, 10 Blue Hawk channel lock pliers, a Kobalt tape measure, two drill bit sets, two sledgehammers, a Kobalt pick axe, a 50-foot extension cord and a 25-foot air hose. In all, the items were valued at $6,145, the report said.
As of Feb. 13, the stolen items had not been recovered, and there were no suspects or arrests, said Capt. Ron Arnhart of the Sheriff’s Office.
He asks anyone with information about the theft to call the Sheriff’s Office tip line at 636-797-5515.