| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
 Posted - 08/06/2008 : 01:48:39
|
What a waste of police, fire dept, and store staff time!
Suspected copper thief caught in act
by Sarah Sevier - Aug. 5, 2008 11:48 AM
Authorities had to use a firetruck ladder to get a suspected copper thief off the roof of a Smart and Final store in Tempe AZ.
Employees working at the store located near McClintock and Broadway say, they spotted the man taking copper wire from an air conditioning unit on the roof just after 6:30 Tuesday morning.
When the man refused to come down from the roof, Tempe Police used a firetruck ladder to reach the man.
Tempe Police Sgt. Tim Bulson says it's a problem that's not going away anytime soon.
"Obviously this is a problem that's Valleywide, and it's just a crime of opportunity."
|
|
|
Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
2626 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2008 : 08:20:28
|
I recently saw a television report of some guy they arrested with a city light post strapped to the roof of his car.
Front page news in my town; they arrested a guy for home copper theft. |
Realcent.forumco.com disclosure. Please read.
All posts either by the members, moderators, and the administration of http://realcent.forumco.com are for entertainment purpose only. It is not the intent of realcent.forumco.com to provide investment, medical, legal or tax advice and nothing posted here should be considered to be so. All rights reserved. |
 |
|
|
scooter
Penny Pincher Member
154 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 00:23:11
|
| that was in miami and the size of the light was crazy |
|
|
|
NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1848 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 06:15:57
|
Those thefts happen almost every day here. The A/C thefts have increased my workload that is for sure. We do a theft replacement at least once a week. They hit a skating rink twice in one week. Hard to steal if you are missing a hand or two....
Deal |
I'm so sick over pennies....I frequently trade a dime or two for the whole "take-a-penny" container if sufficient coppers exist. That will get you some odd looks. |
|
|
|
redneck
Penny Collector Member
314 Posts |
 Posted - 08/07/2008 : 07:18:42
|
quote:
Hard to steal if you are missing a hand or two....
Deal
Islamic law...?
> |
|
|
|
NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1848 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 17:16:49
|
quote:
Originally posted by redneck
quote:
Hard to steal if you are missing a hand or two....
Deal
Islamic law...?
>
Nope, just taking "Eye for an eye" further. Not too kind on the rapists either as you can imagine....
Deal |
I'm so sick over pennies....I frequently trade a dime or two for the whole "take-a-penny" container if sufficient coppers exist. That will get you some odd looks. |
|
|
|
copperpennies
Penny Pincher Member
USA
145 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 22:44:00
|
| Ouch! |
Buy my copper pennies under
Few day sale, $95 copper pennies $145 delivered.
in the buy/sell/trade forum. |
|
|
|
Bluegill
Penny Collector Member
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2008 : 09:43:48
|
quote:
Originally posted by NotABigDeal
quote:
Originally posted by redneck
quote:
Hard to steal if you are missing a hand or two....
Deal
Islamic law...?
>
Nope, just taking "Eye for an eye" further. Not too kind on the rapists either as you can imagine....
Deal
Problem with that is with no hands he won't be able to work and provide for himself. Now he is going to be an even bigger leach on society.
If it were up to me I would have went up there with a shotgun and shot him like any other vermin and threw his carcass over the the edge and to be disposed of with the road kill animal control officers collect.
|
“I’m fully diversified. I’ve got some under the mattress, some under the floor boards, some in the backyard.”
"Give me control over a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws." – Anselm Rothschild
|
|
|
|
legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2008 : 09:51:23
|
From http://money.canoe.ca/News/Sectors/Mining/2008/04/20/5339841-cp.html click for complete article.
"Monitoring the price of copper is not usually considered routine police work. But with copper now trading at record highs, police across Canada say tracking the commodity is one way to help crack down on metal thieves aiming to cash in on rising prices.
"From a law enforcement perspective, what makes it so interesting is that it is the only time we see a direct link between street level crime as a direct result to what's happening on the London and New York Stock Exchanges," said Det. Const. Andria Cowan, the Toronto Police Service's dedicated "copper cop." Each time the price of copper hits a new record, as it did recently surpassing US$4 a pound, Cowan said she notices a spike in theft.
She began seeing a "dramatic increase" in the crime about two years ago, which is about the time copper prices started to surge.
The price of copper has quadrupled since the summer of 2005, when it traded at about US$1 a pound.
Utility companies, such as BC Hydro and Ontario's Hydro One, are some of the hardest hit victims, as are telecommunications companies such as Telus Corp. (TSX:T) and Bell Canada (TSX:BCE).
Thieves target copper cables at remote utility substations and along telecommunication lines, as well as copper tubing in empty homes or those under construction. The stolen wire is then sold to scrap metal dealers, currently for more than $3 a pound.
Late last year, police in Quebec busted an organized-crime operation that they say peddled more than $2 million in stolen copper by breaking into private companies and Hydro-Quebec installations.
|
Edited by - legacypac on 08/09/2008 09:53:08 |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Copper Theft Reports...
