[CH] Vermont group tries to take Chili's pepper sign

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Vermont group tries to take Chili's pepper sign

(AP) - Sep 7, 2009

BENNINGTON, Vt. - A giant chili pepper on the roof
of a Chili's restaurant in southern Vermont was a
hot property - police say four people have been
caught trying to steal it.

Bennington police say the group ran 470 feet of
extension cord across a four-lane road and through
a Home Depot parking lot to power an electric
drill used to detach the logo sign early Sunday.

Sgt. Camillo Grande says they also brought a
hacksaw to remove the pepper sign, valued at
$8,000.

An alarm went off at about 4:30 a.m., thwarting
their plans to make their getaway in an SUV.

The four - two college students, a recent graduate
and one who is "between work and school" - were
cited for grand larceny.

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