A prosecuting attorney with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said thieves have shifted from catalytic converters to copper communication lines.

Copper thieves shut off the lights on an iconic stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in the heart of the Miracle Mile — a major ...

Copper theft poses a significant financial and safety threat to utilities worldwide, prompting the adoption of advanced ...

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A suspected copper thief was arrested near the Los Angeles International Airport after police caught him and another suspect actively stealing wire from a Department of Water and Power facility, ...

Copper prices have climbed high enough that bare wire and pipe are starting to look like fast cash, and thieves are following the metal wherever they can find it. What used to be a nuisance crime is ...

A suspected copper wire thief was pulled from a manhole in Chatsworth, which police say he refused to come out of for hours ...

It's a dark walk down Wilshire Boulevard between Highland Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard, where telltale signs indicate that ...

An alleged copper wire thief scurried inside a Los Angeles manhole as police closed in, leading to an hourslong standoff the ...

State-owned parking lot under I-880 near High Street in Oakland repeatedly hit by thieves looking for copper wire. Nearby ...

Some residents and businesses in southeast Denver were without landline phone service for more than a week, leaving many frustrated by what they described as a lack of communication from service ...