Content Tagged 'copper theft'

Copper thieves caused $16,000 worth of damage to a Maumelle elementary school leaving them without AC.

Hot Springs Police say two men confessed to stealing copper from the Majestic Hotel.

Three people have been arrested in connection to the theft of $3,500 worth of copper from Wholesale Electric Supply Company, Inc, according to the Benton Police.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) has arrested three men accused of stealing approximately $5.5 million of copper wire from a railroad yard.

Investigators say someone stole copper wire from an extension being built at New Beginnings Mission Church on Highway 294.

Police want to find whoever caused thousands of dollars of damage to a Habitat for Humanity home in Conway.

$30,000. That's the damage estimate after thieves steal the copper from not one, but six a/c units at a local church.

A suspected Little Rock copper thief caught in the act trying to sell stolen property. A scrap yard and church worked together to make the arrest.

$2.500.00 worth of damage was done to a high school after thieves stripped an electrical unit of its copper.

Saline County Sheriff Bruce Pennington says copper thefts are on the rise because as the weather cools, people won't notice their air conditioning units missing for some time.

The Lonoke County Sheriff says a man was arrested for attempting to steal copper wiring from a vacant house on Toltec Road.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a man they believe has been stealing copper from air conditioners and selling it as scrap.

The owner of Shaw Recycling in Bauxite was given 34 citations for failing to maintain records of those who sold scrap metal to him, according to the Benton Police Department.

Sometime in the overnight hours Thursday, police say someone stole approximately twenty feet of heavy-duty copper wire that powered the ice skating rink.