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Copper thefts in california
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Fri Jul 7 16:42:25 2006
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:41:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
In addition to the traditional backhoe threat, as the price of copper
increased so has the threat of people stealing telephone trunk cables
containing copper wire.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4021500
Since Jan. 1, there have been 148 reports of copper wire theft in San
Bernardino County, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller.
[...]
Per pound, the metal has risen in price from about 70 cents in July 2001
to $3.60 this month, according to Kitco Inc., an international retailer
of precious metals.
[...]
Anyone with information on the Verizon theft may call the Verizon
Security Control Center, 1-800-997-3287. For the AT&T thefts, people may call
security at (213) 633-2558 or (213) 633-2405. People with information on
copper thefts may also contact their local law enforcement agencies.
