WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Sheriff’s deputies raided a Mingo County business and arrested two people, following a months-long investigating into cable theft.

The Mingo County Sheriff’s Office and West Virginia State Police served a search warrant at Big Frank’s Salvage Yard in Williamson. The raid was the result of an investigation into telecommunications cable theft that produced multiple reports that the business was purchasing stolen cable for cash.

The investigation also used an undercover operative to sell cable at the business on numerous occasions without any problem.

During the raid, officers seized about 3,500 lbs. of illegally obtained cable, more than $10,000 in cash, and surveillance equipment from the property.

While officers were still on the scene, two people showed up bringing a load of copper wire. Joseph Taylor Maynard, 41, and Tara Danielle Dempsey, 37, were arrested for attempting to deliver stolen property. They are being held on $30,000 bonds in the Southwestern Regional Jail at Holden.

The investigation is continuing.