From San Antonio to Amarillo, Tyler to Beaumont, Fort Worth to Lubbock, no community is safe from copper thieves. Across Texas, Boys and Girls Clubs, Meals on Wheels, oil fields, neighborhoods, churches, schools, and construction sites have all been affected by copper theft. Every Texan can do their part to stop copper thieves. Read on.
The Gilmer Mirror Copper Theft Op-ed
July 7, 2008
By Robert Howden, Texans for Economic Progress
Senior citizens’ health is at risk. Hospitals are hamstrung. Children are left in the dark. At least one man even died. No natural disaster is to blame, but instead a national epidemic of copper theft. In cities across Texas and indeed the nation, copper thieves are pulling down utility lines, gutting air conditioning units, raiding homes under construction and ultimately threatening lives. The spike in copper theft nationwide is a response to the rising price of copper worldwide. With copper selling for more than $3 a pound, thieves are taking the extraordinary risk of shimming utility poles and literally ripping down phone and electrical lines for the copper inside. Read on to learn what you can do to stop copper thieves.
KXXM Mix 96.1 San Antonio
June 17, 2008
City to Crack Down on Copper Sales
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
June 13, 2008
Copper thieves on a spree in NE Tarrant
KTRE News Channel 9, Lufkin
June 13, 2008
High Prices Tempts Thieves
The Conroe Courier
June 12, 2008
Phone company offers reward in copper thefts
Tyler Morning Telegraph
June 12, 2008
Alleged Thieves Fail in Attempt to Steal Copper From Company, Then Sell it Back
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
June 12, 2008
Copper thieves strike 10 times in Richland Hills
CBS 11 News, Fort Worth
June 11, 2008
Copper Thieves Strike FW Boys And Girls Club
KXAS-TV NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
June 11, 2008
Dallas Church Hit By Thieves, Again
Channel 2 News, Houston
June 11, 2008
Copper Thieves Cut Phone Lines
CBS 19, Tyler
June 11, 2008
Oil Field Copper Thefts Copper Thief Arrested
CBS 11 TV Dallas/Fort Worth
June 1, 2008
Dallas Church Left With No A/C After Copper Theft
The Dallas Morning News
May 30, 2008
Dallas detectives battle metal thieves
CBS 11 News, Dallas/Fort Worth
May 30, 2008
Copper Theft Closes Dallas Elementary School
KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
May 30, 2008
Houston activist stops accused copper thief
KTRK News Channel 13, Houston
May 28, 2008
Theft knocks out area’s phone service
KFDA News Channel 10, Amarillo
May 28, 2008
As Price Of Copper Goes Up, So Do Thefts
KRLD 1080 News Radio
May 27, 2008
City and Recyclers try to Strike a Balance on Metal Theft Law?
KCBD News Channel 11, Lubbock
May 16, 2008
Meals On Wheels Vandalized
