Covet the Copper

Posted on November 23, 2010 by smsgov

You have probably heard of old abandoned houses being gutted by scavengers for their copper pipes. They draw a pretty penny out there on the metal market. Contractors ended up not using copper pipes for a few reasons and now there seems to be a new breed of copper thieves… They are now taking telephone lines – that’s right!

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Wired Theft

Posted on March 12, 2010 by smsgov

About 3,000 Windstream Communications phone and broadband customers in Washington County were left without service for much of Wednesday after thieves cut lines and fiber optic cables to steal copper wiring.

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