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Upper Arlington Police said Thursday that someone has been targeting automatic flushers in bathrooms of local restaurants.

Handyman John Hahn said that the flushers contain a metal called red brass, 10TV’s Justin Moss reported.

Hahn said that red brass can get a good price at scrap yards at $2.50 a pound.

Hahn said that automatic flushers can be an expensive repair and that he would like to see a bigger push to cut down on stolen metal by putting safeguards in place for scrap metal.

"It's an ongoing problem, not only a small business like myself, but other businesses and homeowners and someone's got to step up and do something about it," Hahn said.

Police said that they were investigating similar thefts in Franklin County, including one at Bob Evans in Upper Arlington and another at a Meijer in Dublin.

Investigators said that it was not clear if all the thefts in Franklin County were connected.