Metal thieves in Cincinnati rip manhole covers, grates from ground

Cincinnati city officials says thieves are ripping manhole covers and storm water grates out of the ground to sell for scrap metal.Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and Metropolitan Sewer District officials say scrap metal is valuable right now, and that scrappers are using industrial vehicles like backhoes to rip the metal out of the ground. Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District spokeswoman Deb Leonard says officials believe the scrappers are hiding in plain sight — posing as construction cr