A man has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars in copper from farm irrigation pivots in Mississippi and selling it in Arkansas. Mark Tigues, Curtis Tigues and Ernest Calvin were indicted last year. Indictments in their cases say the …
Two men who admitted stealing copper wire from the streets of Joplin, Mo., after the May 2011 tornado have been placed on probation. A Jasper County judge on Monday granted five years of probation for 32-year-old Nycoa Kracht, of Laurel, …
Authorities in Gainesville, Ga., are investigating the theft of at least $8,000 worth of copper from a downtown arts center. Amanda McClure, executive director of the Quinlan Visual Arts Center, said she discovered the crime Tuesday morning. The Gainesville Times …
In a move to curb increased thefts of copper and other metals, Wichita city officials and local police are considering revising the Kansas city’s scrap metal ordinance. Expected to be brought to the city council by early fall, the revision …
Rising temperatures have led to a rash of air conditioner thefts in Wichita by people who sell copper piping and other scrap metal inside the units and leave thousands of dollars of damage in their wake. Home sellers and renters …
Police have increased their presence in New York City neighborhoods still struggling with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The Staten Island Advance says break-ins left some residents on the island so frustrated and angry that they’d talked of setting booby …
The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for three suspects in the theft of about $1 million worth of copper wire from a Frierson, La., company. The Town Talk reports the thefts happened in six separate incidents at Trinidad Drilling …
Congregants at a Rio Rancho,N.M., church had to make do with natural light after thieves stole copper wire that provided power to the building. Television station KRQE reports that the Rev. Ken DeSoto discovered the theft at Shepherd of the …
A June sentencing is set for a Mineral, Va., man convicted of stealing wire that controls lights and signal arms at railroad crossings. Donald Cosby pleaded guilty in March to grand larceny, malicious destruction of a railroad signal and trespassing. …
Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing legislation targeting thieves who strip and sell copper and other metal from homes and businesses. The New York Democrat is due in Niagara Falls Thursday to push a bill he’s co-sponsoring that would require metal …