OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars in copper from farm irrigation pivots in Mississippi and selling it in Arkansas must report to prison by Monday.
Mark Tigues pleaded guilty Aug. 21 in U.S. District Court in Oxford. He was sentenced to one year.
Court records say he must report to a federal prison in Butner, N.C., by Monday afternoon.
The indictment says Tigues and others sold hundreds of pounds of copper for scrap in Lake Village, Ark., in 2010
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