A 48-year-old man was found dead having fallen from the roof of the reservoir retreat retirement village. It is suspected he was stealing copper from the roof of the abandoned retirement village in Lalor.

Police were called at 6 AM last Friday; they arrested a second man on the scene. Police state they are investigating $50,000 worth of copper being stolen from this and other locations.

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