Two Charged With Stealing Electricity
#Bridgeport, CT – Oct. 3, 2014 – Two people were CHARGED in CONNECTION with the theft of electricity from United Illuminating Co. Detective Robert Martin worked with IU investigators and determined that two customers had tampered with meters at 277 Maplewood Ave and 253 Adams St. to reduce or eliminate electric bills. At 277 Maplewood Ave., investigators discovered a hole drilled in the meter and suspected the customer had “pinned” the disk inside the meter, allowing her to consume electricity without it being recorded by the meter. UI estimated that the customer had been manipulating the meter since 2002. Over the last five years, it was estimated that the resident, Elizabeth Marmolejo, 52, stole nearly $9,000 in electricity. She was charged…