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MANCHESTER, CT — State police said they corralled a fake construction worker who was pulling wire from state Department of Transportation light poles on a stretch of highway in Manchester.

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John whittaker manchester ct patch

Monday, state troopers received a report about suspicious vehicle parked on the right shoulder on Interstate 384 in Manchester. The caller said a man, dressed as a construction worker, was pulling wires from the DOT light poles adjacent to the right shoulder of the roadway, according to an incident report.

Responding troopers located a U-Haul pickup truck parked on the right shoulder on the westbound side of I-384 in the area of Exit 3 in Manchester, according to an incident report.

They saw a man wearing reflective construction gear and a hard hat putting copper wires into the bed of the pickup, according to an incident report.

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