Copper Piping Theft Gets Oak Ridge Man 2 Years Probation

An Oak Ridge man was sentenced to two years probation last month for stealing copper piping from a vacant Sussex County home in October.

Eric Goodyear, 30, received two years probation and was ordered to a Treatment Assessment Screening Center evaluation and must serve 92 days in the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said. Goodyear was also ordered to pay $280 in fines and penalties and must submit a DNA sample at his expense, the prosecutor's office said.

Goodyear pleaded guilty in November to burglary and criminal mischief charges for breaking into a vacant Andover Township home and dismantling and stealing copper piping on Oct. 10, 2013, the prosecutor's office said.