The value of copper is rising, and thieves can make money by stripping it from phone poles, streetlights and EV chargers. But ...

As copper wire thefts continue to cripple Los Angeles’ infrastructure, causing telecommunication and utility outages and leaving behind thousands of dollars of damage for each incident, city and ...

Statewide requirements to help prevent copper wire theft will become law on Jan. 1 despite a lawsuit by the scrap metal workers claiming the legislation will effectively shut down their industry. The ...

Often strung from utility poles or buried beneath our feet, copper wire has played a critical role in powering America’s electrical grid for more than a century. But brazen thefts are threatening the ...

Across the country, copper and other valuable materials have been stolen from streetlights, statues and even gravesites, costing millions to repair. The 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles has been cast ...

WASHINGTON STATE — A proposed bill in Olympia would add requirements for metal recyclers who purchase copper wire for scrap to disincentivize thieves from stealing utility wires. H.B. 2213, sponsored ...

Three Bay Area cities saw their 911 service knocked out for a week in early June when thieves cut 16,000 wires along an AT&T communication cable to steal 400 feet of copper wire, officials said. The ...

Copper thieves have been slicing through rural Sonoma County, cutting down power lines and stealing wiring from AT&T-owned utility poles in a crime spree that has left residents without phone and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Law enforcement is noticing a rise in a crime known as "infrastructure vandalism," which usually involves a valuable metal -- copper wire. The Houston Police Department said ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul leaders say it's a constant problem: Thieves targeting green street lamps, prying open the access panel and stealing the copper wire inside. "People are selling because a ...