Man arrested in Sacramento light rail tracks copper wire theft

MAN ARRESTED FOR COPPER THEFT AND DAMAGING LIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE On December 24, 2025, Sacramento County Sheriff’s ...
KHOU 11

Copper wire thief caught on camera, dressed as utility worker at a northwest Harris County restaurant

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A northwest Harris County restaurant was left without power for days after a thief stole copper-filled cables from a nearby utility pole. Juanita’s Mexican Kitchen co-owner ...
komonews

King County crackdown on copper wire theft leads to arrests and felony charges

The push in King County to investigate and arrest people believed to be stealing copper wire and to get them prosecuted is finding success. (Courtesy: KCSO) KING COUNTY, Wash. — The push in King ...
Lexington Herald Leader

‘Dangerous.’ Copper wire theft up in Kentucky, knocking out phone, 911 service, lights

A camera caught this image of a person stealing wire from a Kinetic line in Perry County in October. Such thefts have gone up in Kentucky by thieves seeking copper to sell. Photo courtesy of Kinetic.
NBC DFW

Copper thefts on the rise in DFW, repairs have cost AT&T more than $1 million

More and more thieves are stealing copper from cables in North Texas, and AT&T says the growing problem is costing millions to fix and putting people’s homes and businesses at risk. On Monday, NBC 5 ...
Dallas Morning News

Internet out? It might not be the weather. Copper thieves disrupting Dallas neighborhoods

A person holds a handful of recycled copper reclaimed from scrap wire at C&D Scrap Metal in Houston. Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer It doesn’t take a lot of guesswork for Daniel Jackson to figure ...