Thieves climbed nine utility poles and navigated live wires to steal copper wire in Denton last week. About $2,000 worth of copper wiring was removed from the nine poles that span the entire 1800 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of people woke up this morning without power, Entergy New Orleans says it's because someone chopped down a power pole. The New Orleans Police Department believes a suspect was ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit police say a man who was apparently trying to steal copper from a transformer on a DTE Energy pole was electrocuted. Police told WWJ Newsradio 950 that an investigation is ...

The unstable economy is causing people to take some drastic actions. And some incredibly dangerous ones as well. None more so than snipping the copper grounding wires off utility poles. The grounding ...

Omaha police said they were searching for three copper thieves who knocked out power to several homes and businesses Tuesday morning.Officers were called to the area of 42nd and Seward streets around ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It’s one of Louisville’s more bizarre crime sprees that has left our freeways in the dark. More than 500 light poles rendered useless because someone has been stealing the ...