Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Derek
Less, 26, of Richmond, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to time
served, up to six months of community confinement and three years of supervised release for
stealing copper from facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in
Togus, Maine. He was also ordered to pay $2,590.30 in restitution. The defendant has been
detained since his arrest on Nov. 19, 2013.
According to court records, in July and August 2012, the defendant stole over 400 pounds
of copper wire and pipe fittings from the VA and sold them to Clark’s Cars & Parts, Inc. to
support his drug addiction.
The investigation was conducted by the VA’s Criminal Investigation Division, Office of
Inspector General.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
