Three arrested for storm drain cover theft in Port Neches

Three people in their 20s were arrested Tuesday and are being accused of stealing storm drain covers in Port Neches.

A witness said he saw a light gray sedan stop in the 1900 block of 12th Street and heard a loud noise. He then saw two men take the cast-iron covers from his neighbor's storm drains, put them in the trunk of their car and leave.

Acting on the description the witness gave of the car and the men, officer Cherí Visser stopped a car in the 1300 block of Eugene Avenue and found four cast-iron storm drain covers, valued at around $230.

Two of the three taken to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility were from Louisiana, while the third had a Port Acres address, police said.