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Two Aurora men charged in string of copper thefts

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Two Aurora men are facing almost four dozen charges for allegedly stealing more than $39,000 worth of copper piping from vacant Aurora homes in a string of burglaries dating to Aug. 8, authorities said Wednesday. Armando Salazar, 50, of the 700 block of East Galena Boulevard, and Ramon R. Mendoza, 39, of the 400 block of West New York Street, were arrested Jan. 17 by community-oriented policing officers who had received tips saying the men were responsible for several copper thefts.