The 2 men, who had been free on bail pending their trial, saw their bail revoked and were taken into custody pending sentencing later this year. They each face a possible minimum term of imprisonment of three years in state prison.
According to a discussion of the events by Mihalek, McCafferty and Kent himself, the messages grew out of anger that he developed over a misunderstanding about something he had done to the first victim.
In his testimony, Metallurgical Products Vice President Gregg Kudlacik said that the company had noticed that it was missing a large quantity of the copper bricks in early March, after an inventory determined that a pallet of the bricks, which normally weighs 3,000 pounds, was significantly lighter.
Andre Lamont Parker of Wilmington, Delaware, was tracked down by a West Goshen Township Police detective using technology that allowed the investigator to identify automobiles that were in the neighborhood of the Metallurgical Products company building on the night of the burglaries