recently in longview tx some one stole some copper wire from UPRR by cutting a section from a switching point off the main line but was still connected and got away UP RR Police were hot on there trail but they lost them but not for long on 12-12-06 3 people were arrested in tyler tx after cutting a wire along an old swith station that had not been used in years when the wire was cut it sent a severed wire signal to longview train master and Omaha Neb officials two men asked a local company to borrow a forklift to load the copper into a pickup the workers became suspicious and called the sherrifs dept & gave the suspects licence plate number .smith co sherrifs dept notified UP rr police who were already enroute from longview to tyler to check the wire that was cut a total of about $30.000 was stolen and was still being stripped and sold to scrap yards but justice did prevail the suspect was captured and is in jail on misdemeanor theft waiting for UP investigators to rap up their findings and prosecute the offenders
well thers your dumb crook news for today
stay tuned tommorrow when we will hear SLIC & BREEZE say - Hey big man let me hold a dollar[#wstupid]
If you make any future reports, please don’t have them be one giant run-on sentence. It’s hard to read and makes everybody think you failed grade school, okay? Thanks.
Theft of copper wires out of empty buildings (Cincinnati, Omaha, Denver and others ) has been on a tear lately (meth junkies et. al ??) Thanks and an attaboy to the forklift owners employees for raising the flag.
When circuit wire gets stolen at a grade crossing, throw the book at 'em & lock them up for a very long time!
I loved your story,it sounds a lot like the one posted a while back where some dumb crook got elecrocuted doing the same thing…By the way, I love your close…Big man let me hold a dollar LOL ! Sounds like "Brother Where Aret Thou " Danny
The reason is that the salvage value of copper has gone up. We even have radio stations in our area with junk dealers advertising for copper. They pay cash and ask no questions.
Our biggest problem is thefts from roof air conditioners in industrial areas. They’re petty thieves all right, but I doubt a meth junkie would have enough brains to get onto and off of a roof in one piece with a load of copper pipe.
In my area (Milwaukee), scrap buyers are required to get a photo ID from anyone selling anything that even closely resembles anything of a non-residential type of material.