Copper thieves strike again

[Nick and Nora Charles]

Shaking my head in disbelief.

WINDSOR - Police are trying to find the brazen thieves who chopped down 14 towering telephone poles and stripped them of more than a kilometre of copper wiring.



http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/st...03eba7&k=30920


Nick

[PlayaWithMe]

We are having the same issues here in Dallas.....In fact there was another story about it on the news earlier.......

[Nick and Nora Charles]

Originally Posted by PlayaWithMe

We are having the same issues here in Dallas.....In fact there was another story about it on the news earlier.......

but 14 telephone poles that are over 25 feet tall each


Nick

[Eccentrictinkerer]

Up here in Minnesota they're breaking into empty houses and stealing all the copper pipes.

Two homes have burned to the ground because they stole the copper gas pipe without shutting off the gas!

[Nick and Nora Charles]

Originally Posted by Eccentrictinkerer

Up here in Minnesota they're breaking into empty houses and stealing all the copper pipes.

Two homes have burned to the ground because they stole the copper gas pipe without shutting off the gas!

Unbelievable--is it really worth it at $2.50 a pound at a scrapyard?

Nick

[Eccentrictinkerer]

Originally Posted by Nick and Nora Charles

Unbelievable--is it really worth it at $2.50 a pound at a scrapyard?

Nick

As we say up here, you betcha', by golly!

I have a small handyman business and I take my scrap brass and copper from remodel jobs to the scrapper, twice a year. Last December I got $167!

Enough $$ for a couple of days food and adult beverages in Playa.

[ElainaM]

Around here, they steal aluminum siding right off houses.
When I lived in the city, my next door neighbor came home from work and his front leaded glass window was stolen in broad daylight.

[alwaysmissinpdc]

These are the weirdest theft stories I've ever heard, but I believe them. How ironic to be concerned about identity theft and other "modern" hazards when houses have burned to the ground because the gas pipe was stolen.