Copper wire theft causes phone issues

University Wire;  February 21, 2008 ;     391 words ......Daily News) (UWIRE) MUNCIE, Ind. -- Copper wire thefts from phone towers and landlines...said. Public safety is put at risk when copper wire is stolen, Kula said. Kula said the removal of copper wire from landlines and cell phone towers...

Police To Crack Down on Copper Wire Theft ; RR, Bernalillo See Increase in...

Albuquerque Journal;  October 1, 2008 ;     428 words ......stepping up patrols to help prevent copper wire thefts that recently have been on the...He said the town recently experienced copper wire thefts at an AT&T tower off South Hill...County, which has also seen an upturn in copper wire thefts, authorities recently told the...

MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARREST THREE SUSPECTS FOR TAKING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 8, 2007 ;     396 words ......suspects for taking a substantial amount of copper wire from City of Mesa streetlights. The...functioning. Knowing that the theft of copper wire from streetlights had occurred in the...three suspects and a large quantity of copper wire in close proximity to the vehicle. The...

COPPER WIRE THIEVES IN CUSTODY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 27, 2008 ;     276 words ......custody, caught in the act, of stealing copper wire. Martin Camacho 43 of Long Beach and...men are suspected of trying to steal copper wire from the trail lights located a long...The two men had tools and strips of copper wire in their possession. Both suspects were...

COUPLE FACE CHARGES IN THEFT OF COPPER WIRE FROM SUBSTATION

Evansville Courier & Press;  December 6, 2006 ;     245 words ......couple who police say had been stealing copper wire from a Vectren substation since October...April West, 24, was charged with theft. Copper wire is a hot commodity, with prices at an...chain-link fence and slice large spools of copper wire into several smaller ones. After about...

CITY OF FRESNO PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS ASK RESIDENTS TO REPORT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 7, 2007 ;     208 words ......considerable amount of public resources to combat copper wire theft from street light poles. Copper wire theft poses a safety hazard as neighborhoods...in the dark. Signs of possible missing copper wire would include: * A number of street lights...

Three arrested in copper wire theft

Oakland Tribune;  April 14, 2007 ;     312 words ......stealing thousands of dollars worth of copper wire from farms and businesses. Keith Carey...they found seven 60-foot strands of copper wire, weighing about 400 pounds. They also...indicating he sold about $15,000 worth of copper wire to a recycling company in the Bay Area...

CAPE CORAL POLICE ARRESTS COPPER WIRE THIEF

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 27, 2007 ;     240 words ......man for stealing 2000 pounds worth of copper wire from a school being built at 624 Trafalgar...someone stole seven new 2500 foot rolls of copper wire and seven partial rolls from the school...at Trafalgar Parkway. All total, the copper wire was valued to be about 3000 dollars...

Jobs to go as copper wire factory closes.(Business)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 16, 2008 ;     376 words ......announced the closure of a Llanelli copper wire factory. Owners of the Draka factory...possible. The Llanelli factory produces copper wire for the company's operations across Europe. The company's copper wire divisions supply more than50,000...

Two men arrested in theft of copper wire

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  November 9, 2007 ;     145 words ......two men in connection with thefts of copper wire Wednesday night in North Topeka. Kristi...property in the 500 block of N.W. Tyler. Copper wire and cutting tools were located on the...a police report, one 20-foot roll of copper wire was reported stolen and another 20-foot...

PURDUE POLICE SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT COPPER WIRE THEFT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 24, 2008 ;     178 words ......approximately $44,000 worth of insulated copper wire from a construction storage area on...approximately 2,800 feet of stranded copper wire, ranging in thickness from one-fourth...some point after April 4. The insulated copper wire was taken from a construction storage...

Garfield man charged in theft of copper wire

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 18, 2006 ;     331 words ......11-18-2006 Garfield man charged in theft of copper wire By RICHARD COWEN, STAFF WRITER Date...early Friday and charged with stealing copper wire from a construction site on Route 3...stopped the car and found three coils of copper wire inside the vehicle, one measuring 2...

3 held in Chandler copper wire thefts.

Tribune (Mesa, AZ);  October 26, 2006 ;     231 words ......Wednesday morning on suspicion of stealing copper wire from a Chandler construction site. The...Boulevard and ripped more than 100 feet of copper wire from the building's ceiling and walls...police found the vehicle loaded with copper wire, tools and the three bicycles. She ...

Cops say pair pilfered copper wire

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  August 29, 2006 ;     162 words ......boarded-up building to enter it and stole the copper wire inside, police said. John F. Sullivan...The men claimed they recovered the copper wire from a Dumpster outside the Plain Street...about 70 cents a pound for insulated copper wire. Police found some of the plywood that...

Copper wire thefts increasing ; Upswing in Valencia County knocks out...

Albuquerque Journal;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......County has seen a recent upswing in copper wire thefts, especially telephone wire, costly...least three different occurrences of copper wire theft have resulted in areas of the...several hundred people as a result of a copper wire theft. Someone stole several hundred...