Chicago man sentenced to federal prison time for once again committing an unusual crime

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A Chicago man has been sentenced to serve three and a half years in federal prison following a conviction in Indiana for interstate transportation of stolen property.

According to federal prosecutors, 49-year-old Damiane Harris broke into a truck sales business in South Bend and stole a semi-tractor.

He then drove it to a crane rental business in Griffith, where he stole three trailers loaded with more than 68 tons of crane counterweights.

The counterweights were sold to a scrapyard in Chicago Heights. The value, prosecutors say, was more than $300,000.

Harris was convicted of an identical crime several years ago. At that time, he was sentenced to serve two years.

This time he was sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison and was ordered to pay about $35,000 in restitution.

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