Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson's property on Cougar Bay sits vacant today. It was burglarized sometime between Oct. 5 and Oct. 12, Watson reported. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

Someone copped the top cop’s copper in Kootenai County. A burglar broke into a lakefront home owned by Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson and stole copper wire and copper plumbing earlier this month, according to a report taken by the sheriff’s office. The vacant log home, at 3730 South Highway 95 on Cougar Bay, used to belong to Coeur d’Alene Resort owner Duane Hagadone and his wife Lola. Watson and his wife Mary bought it and had it barged from the Hagadones’ Casco Bay estate to the new spot looking out at downtown Coeur d’Alene in May 2008. The 4,084-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-bathroom home, built of larch and Douglas fir during the Depression, is listed for sale for $849,000/Scott Maben, SR. More here. (Artist rendering of  Rocky Watson's house on Cougar Bay)

• Flatlander writes: "Does that make it a copper copper caper?"

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