Metal Theft Unit Cracking Down On Copper Thieves
KOCO Oklahoma City
Now police have their own unit to bust copper thieves. Lives lost, service cut and possibly higher power rates all for a piece of metal. OG&E security manager Jason Koon is working hard to stop the thefts. Koon showed KOCO Eyewitness News 5 weekday ...

BBC News
Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari metal theft forces pupils home
BBC News
Hundreds of children have been sent home after metal thieves stole copper piping from the comprehensive school's heating system. The theft caused thousands of pounds worth of flooding damage at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Schoolchildren sent home after thieves stole copper piping at Llanhari schoolWalesOnline

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Blotter: Theft of Copper Investigated
Patch.com
By Amanda Gillooly Canonsburg police are investigating the theft of copper from a home on West College Street. Richard Stefanyszyn, who was working to repair the house that is owned by Citi Mortgage Co., called police Tuesday to report that someone had ...

Police Blotter: Retail Theft, Shattered Window, DUI, Copper Wire Stolen
Patch.com
By Erin Sauder Minwood An, 18, 374 Whitewater Drive, Bolingbrook, and Hyjuniun Seo, 18, 370 Whitewater Drive, Bolingbrook were both charged with retail theft at 10 pm at Meijer 225 N. Weber Road after exiting the store with a cart full of merchandise.

Copper Wiring Theft at Milwaukee Electric Tool Leads to Burglary Charges
Patch.com
Four Milwaukee men were charged after one allegedly was caught trying to sell a large amount of copper wire to a Wauwatosa business. By Joe Petrie Milwaukee Electric Tool is the largest property owner in the northwest portion of the corridor tagged as ...

Passaic man arrested in connection with suspected copper thefts
NorthJersey.com
Western Brown, 58, of Eighth Street, was charged with two counts of burglary and theft and was being held in the city jail Tuesday awaiting arraignment. It's the first arrest following a series of break-ins where copper has been stolen from homes and ...

WLOS
Arrest In Copper Theft At Progress Facility
WLOS
Asheville police have charged a man with stealing copper from Progress Energy. Officers say they caught Zechariah Haydock with 400 pounds of copper that had been taken from the Progress facility on Oakview Road in West Asheville.

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Police Blotter: Two Arrested in Assault, Two Arrested in Copper Theft
Patch.com
By Marc Shapiro Two suspects were charged with assault, robbery and theft after assaulting their roommate and taking his cell phone on Friday, Feb. 17, at 4:05 pm at their house on the 14800 block of Falls Road in Cockeysville.

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Co-op Wins Tougher Copper Theft Laws
Electric Co-op Today
By Michael W. Kahn | ECT Staff Writer Published: February 21st, 2012 After repeatedly being a victim of copper theft, a Florida electric cooperative successfully fought for tough new ordinances in two counties it serves, and is now taking the battle to ...

CBS Local
Thieves Strip Metal From Historic Trolleys
Hartford Courant
By DAVID OWENS, Staff Report The Hartford Courant The thieves who ripped copper and brass from street cars at the Connecticut Trolley Museum likely netted very little money compared with the damage they inflicted upon the historic vehicles.
Trolley Museum Vandalized in Copper TheftPatch.com
Historic metals stolen from museumWWLP 22News
Copper thieves strike trolley museumWTNH

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Copper downspouts stolen from church
NEagle
By Anonymous On February 17, Honesdale Borough Police report the arrest of 46 year old Henry Sinclair for Institutional Vandalism and Theft. Honesdale Borough Police responded to St. Johns Church on Terrace Street after a maintenance man observed ...

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What's Buggin' You? Copper theft leaves Sacramento in dark
News10.net
Copper theft leaves Sacramento in dark Daniel Grey, got in touch with News10's Kate Larsen when his neighborhood was left in the dark for months after copper thieves ripped out wire from his neighborhood's street lamps. sacramento Crime copper thefts ...

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West Yorks tackles copper theft
H&V News
A scheme has been launched in West Yorkshire to tackle the problem of metal theft from properties in the region. The scheme involves marking pipes and central heating components with coding only visible under ultra-violet light.

Theft of downspouts on upswing
The State Journal-Register
“It would be easier to rip the downspouts off (than cut copper from an air conditioner) and take off down the street,” Buscher said. This year, there already have been eight reported thefts of downspouts/gutters in Springfield.

Two men charged with copper theft
TheDay.com
Norwich - Police charged two men Saturday with stealing copper from a vacant house after an anonymous caller reported seeing a person on the roof. Police said they found the men with a large bag containing tools and copper wiring that had been removed ...
Two Charged In Attempted Copper TheftHartford Courant

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Rodeo ballpark lights, disabled by copper wire theft, to be on again by ...
San Jose Mercury News
Around the beginning of the year, someone broke into some power boxes and removed several hundred feet of copper wire that delivered electricity to the eight light poles surrounding the field. "They knocked out the power from the street," said Roni ...

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VA office hit by copper theft
Rome News Tribune
by Diane Wagner, staff writer Police are investigating a metal theft at the Georgia Department of Veterans Services office at 201 Calhoun Ave. reported on Thursday. Someone cut the copper from the air conditioner at the rear of the building.

Daily Mail
Copper-cable theft costing Britain a fortune
Daily Mail
By CHRIS ROGERS The theft of copper cables has cost our railways £43 million in three years – but who does it, and how? Live reveals a shameless confession that will fascinate and appal you – and is also helping an intelligence unit crack down on the ...

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Trolley Museum Vandalized in Copper Theft
Patch.com
By Julian McKinley The suspects tore open the front of this car to access any brass or copper parts. Three trolley cars at the Connecticut Trolley Museum were found to be stripped of brass and copper parts, causing extensive damage, according to museum ...

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KGO-AM
Copper wire thefts could cost Fremont almost $800000
KTVU San Francisco
Copper thefts from Fremont city streetlights are on the rise, and police are asking for the public's help in putting an end to the expensive crime. According to the city, in the past seven months, copper wire theft repairs have cost the city ...
Copper wire worth $460000 stolen from Fremont street lightsSan Jose Mercury News

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