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May 8, 2007 7:12 pm US/Central

Copper Price Has Thieves Performing High Wire Act

by Mary Stewart

WISE COUNTY (CBS 11 News) ― Some people in Wise County are calling 911, but no one is answering.

Authorities there say thieves are to blame.

Criminals are climbing telephone towers and have cut phone service to 1,100 houses and businesses.

What's up there that's worth risking your life?

The high price of copper has criminals doing a high wire act. If they cut the wrong wire, they could be electrocuted.

They're hitting telephone polls and cell phone towers under the cover of darkness.

The thieves have hit three times in recent weeks. Police say in just one of the locations, $150,000 in damage was reported.


Past Copper Theft Stories From Around The Metro-area
Copper Thieves Blamed For Dark Dallas Roads
Thieves In Dallas Make Off With $100,000 In Copper
Copper Thieves Hit Mansfield Municipal Complex
Fort Worth Steps Up Fight Against Metal Theft
Suspected Dallas Copper Thief Electrocuted
Copper Thieves Hit Church
AT&T Offers Reward To Catch Copper Thieves
Church Moves Service After Copper Theft
Thieves Targeting Copper On New Houses

(CBS 11 News)

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