Metal ship container was broken into and the
gauge was
stolen. It was last seen close of business on Friday the 24th and discovered
stolen Monday the 27th. The keys were not taken. The Haines City
PD has been notified. Owner will offer a $500 reward.
Florida is investigating.
Incident Location: HWY 27, 5 miles south of I-4 (Polk County near Haines City) Temp work storage site.
Troxler: Model number 3430 [containing] 8 millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be. Serial number of the gauge is 27404.
License type: Specific; 3L(1).
- * * UPDATE ON 09/29/04 AT 1514 EDT FROM CHARLES ADAMS TO GERRY WAIG VIA EMAIL * * *
Stolen Troxler gauge & case were recovered undamaged by the licensee this afternoon. The source rod was still locked. A teenage boy claimed the reward and stated that he had found it Saturday night (during the hurricane) beside the side of road which runs along the orange grove right behind the storage container. When his mother saw the radiation sticker she told him to get it out of the house. He then opened up the case and found the contact information and called the licensee. He claimed that the case lock was gone when he found it.
Notified R1DO (John Rogge) and
NMSS EO (M. Wayne Rogers)