Cops: 2 men stole steel from Oviedo bridge

The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two men in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of steel brackets from Oviedo.

Robert Calhoun, 31, and Cameron Newton, 21, both of Oviedo, were arrested on on grand theft charges.  The two are believed to be responsible for stealing $25,000 worth of steel brackets from an Oviedo bridge construction business in November of last year.

 SCSO investigators allege Calhoun and Newton stole the steel brackets from the construction site during the weekend of Nov. 5, 2011 and removed the wood pieces from the brackets.  Calhoun and Newton were identified when they were captured on camera attempting to sell the stolen steel brackets to a scrap metal company in Orange County.

A total of 35 brackets each valued at $716 each were taken from the site. The two sold the brackets for only $182 and later told investigators that loading the brackets had damaged their truck so severely that they had to have the shocks replaced.

Calhoun and Newton were booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. 

Bond is set at $2,000.