Copper thieves have shut down the city’s busiest soup kitchen.
“People will suffer because of this,” said Frances Carr, director of the Holy Family Community Kitchen and Pantry. “We serve about 5,000 meals a week.”
Archive for May, 2008
Copper theft halts meals for the needy
May 30, 2008Fine art target of metal thieves
May 29, 2008news-press.com;
PHILADELPHIA — Heavy metal is driving the latest trend in art theft.
With the cost of copper and other metals skyrocketing, thieves around the world are targeting outdoor sculpture to sell as scrap.
LEAD STRIPPED OFF 200 HOMES
May 27, 2008www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk;
Lead has been stripped from the roofs of 200 North Lincolnshire homes so far this year.
The thieves struck nine times at one block of pensioners’ flats, returning to take as much of the coveted, pricey metal as possible.
RVs broken into televisions stolen from Crossville business
May 16, 2008By Gary Nelson – crossville-chronicle.com;
Investigators with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department are reviewing a case in which 14 recreational vehicles were broken into and had televisions stolen out of them this past weekend.
Copper Thieves Strike Again
May 15, 2008www.solanconews.com;
LITTLE BRITAIN TOWNSHIP — Copper thieves have struck the Southern End again. State Police responded to 110 Kirks Mill Road for a report of a theft of copper wiring from air conditioning units at RV Mushrooms.
City Issues Theft Alert For RV Owners
May 14, 2008www.koat.com;
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police are warning RV owners about a new crime wave.
Thieves have been hitting up RV storage sites in Rio Rancho over the past few weeks.Police told Action 7 News that thieves are breaking the windows and stealing expensive electronics from inside.
Copper thieves hit the Metro
May 9, 2008chroniclelive.co.uk;
THIEVES caused chaos on the Metro today after stealing hundreds of metres of signal cabling.
Services along a stretch of the line were cancelled following the theft.
Materials: Scrap metal market boosts prices, thefts
May 8, 2008mlive.com;
The scrap metal market worldwide is experiencing record prices, which have led to busier times for local metal recycling businesses and a rise in metal thefts.
Double whammy for car owner
May 7, 2008westislandchronicle.com;
It was a very bad case of déja-vu: a few weeks ago, Kirkland resident Marie-Andrée Rumanek’s car was stolen while she was shopping at Fairview Pointe Claire – the second time in about one and a half years.
