Monday, November 06, 2006

AP Newswire: Man Accussed of Chopping Down Pole For Copper

A man in Hawaii was arrested for allegedly chopping down a utility pole in order to steal the copper wiring. Forty pounds of copper wiring had been recovered.

Hawaii has recently had a rash of copper wiring theft, with 2.5 miles of copper wiring stolen this past September.

See it here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is happening in Missouri too. The copper downspouts on my house were stolen.

Scarlet Panda said...

I was watching some sitcom the other night, and copper theft was mentioned. I had gone 31 years without ever hearing about it, and now it's all anyone can talk about.