PORT ST. LUCIE — Air-conditioning units were stolen early Sunday morning from at least four nearby businesses on Southeast Lennard Road, according to recently released St. Lucie County Sheriff’s records.

The businesses are in the 10200 block of Southeast Lennard Road, east of U.S. 1 near Southeast Mariposa Avenue. They were identified as Express Food Mart, Duke of Oil, Design A Sign and Uptown Motors.

At the Express Food Mart, a deputy noted someone pulled out the electrical breakers and cut the power cables before removing the copper tubing, condensers and fan motors from the unit.

“This was the same with every other unit in the strip mall,” the report shows.

In many cases, thieves steal such items to sell at recycling or scrap facilities.

By Will Greenlee

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