Two men arrested over alleged copper theft at old Police Academy at Taperoo POLICE have arrested two men who were allegedly caught stealing copper from the old Police Academy at Taperoo. A member of the public saw two men enter the grounds on Strathfield Tce about 9.30am yesterday and called police. Cordons were established and the two men found, one of them inside the grounds and the other in bushes near the beach. An inspection of a building in the old academy found an opened window and copper piping on the ground inside a room, police said. A Pennington man, 24, and a Taperoo man, 40, were arrested and charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass, theft, going equipped, unlawfully on premises, hinder police and unlawful possession. A search of the Taperoo man's home allegedly uncovered copper piping and guttering in the back yard. Both men were refused bail and will appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court tomorrow.