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roel on September 27, 2006 - 12:21pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Copper thieves cause havoc

Thieves targeting the copper in power lines in the Truckee River Canyon have stolen wire, damaged 50 power poles, caused power-outages for about 700 customers and sparked a brush fire over the weekend.

Karl Walquist, spokesman for Sierra Pacific Power, said thieves are knocking down poles to get to the valuable copper in the currently unused wire. The thefts, he said, have likely been going on for months.

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Thieves have even stripped cemeteries for sprinkler heads, manhole covers from city streets and copper tubing from outdoor condensers on home air conditioners.

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Over the past several months thieves targeted local cemeteries, mausoleums,and even youth football fields.

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When Leon Black had the utilities switched on at a Lansing rental property he owns, he got a big surprise.

"The guy came to turn on the power, and he said, 'You've got water running everywhere,' " Black said

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Francois on September 27, 2006 - 8:20pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
This is a major issue for railroads - theft of copper ground rods and batteries may go unnoticed until it is needed- making the whole system unreliable.
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DelusionaL on September 27, 2006 - 11:04pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
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Apuleius on September 28, 2006 - 1:07am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
One of the silver linings in Peak Oil is that the end of the automobile age makes entire categories of crime infeasible. No more kidnappings of adults, for example. Career street robberies in the city? Once again sure to become a rarity. And drug smuggling will also be a great deal more difficult.

The question is just how much havoc criminals will wreak before they lose their wheels.

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