Copper wiring in phone and internet lines is a popular target for metal thieves.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing copper wire on Monday, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Around 5:38 p.m. officers with LVMPD said ...

Copper thieves are increasingly disrupting transit and critical infrastructure across the Pacific Northwest, prompting calls from top officials for tougher prosecutions and new regulations targeting ...

Sixty streetlights are out in northeast Portland after thieves stole copper wire from fixtures, costing the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks while holding copper wire at a news conference. (Michael Blackshire / Los ...

A stretch of Military Trail between Hillsboro Boulevard and Copans Road is in the dark after thieves stripped copper wire from streetlights in what officials are calling a regional crime spree.

Just after midnight in September, a pickup truck struck and killed a 55-year-old woman crossing an intersection in a motorized wheelchair on a dark stretch of Kansas City, Missouri, highway. The ...

From silent alarms, welding, retail screws to even duct tape, Twin Cities officials have tried more than a dozen solutions to prevent copper wire thefts this year. Some fixes have shut down criminal ...