Westfield (IL) Man Arrested for RR Donnelley Metals Theft

A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing about 140,000 pounds of copper-aluminum sheeting from the RR Donnelley Co. printing plant (Mattoon, IL) over a three-year period when he was employed there. Wallace K. Sanders, 55, of Westfield is suspected of stealing about $60,000 worth of the sheeting and then altering company records to try to hide the thefts.

The investigation revealed that Sanders worked alone during late-night and weekend shifts at the plant and on average loaded about 1,100 pounds of the metal sheeting each week onto his own vehicle and took it from the plant.