Four Wake County men are facing multiple felony charges in connection with the theft of copper communication wiring from a ...
Court records say Eh Tha Blay, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting third-degree property damage.
Thieves stole $90,000 woth of spooled copper wire from an Entergy storage facility in Hammond and police are asking the ...
This comes as a result of copper increasing in value, and experts say it's fueling the crimes. Now, copper wire thieves are targeting CenturyLink lines across Colorado Springs knocking out service for ...
Thieves are increasingly targeting the copper wires that keep America’s power grids and phone networks running.
In St. Paul, public works crews have spent more than 1,000 hours fixing 550 streetlights and Minneapolis repair teams have ...
In January, a new state law went into effect, requiring anyone selling copper wire for recycling to obtain a state-issued license.
Copper wire theft is rising in Tucson, a local medal scrap yard outlines laws in place to prevent buying stolen material.
From silent alarms, welding, retail screws to even duct tape, Twin Cities officials have tried more than a dozen solutions to prevent copper wire thefts this year. Some fixes have shut down criminal ...
The use of aluminium in wiring is unlikely to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to deal with it in a 1960s, or early 1970s-era house. The causes behind the fires and other accidents were ...