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Metal thefts continue around one South Albany neighborhood, with businesses and farmers being hit over the weekend.

An Albany farmer has both his tractors stripped by metal thieves, and now he is struggling to get them repaired in time to keep his crops growing.

Junior Oliver has been farming his fields on Centennial Avenue for 40 years.....but now metal thieves are forcing him to think about moving his operation. Friday night, thieves stripped both his tractors parked there....and he knows repeated crime will force him to make changes.

Junior OliverOliver Produce Farm