I have written about copper theft here before. This winter, there have been reports of the outdoor shower pipes being cut off houses by thieves and sold for copper scrap. In Dennisport, a vacation home owner noticed that his outdoor … Continue reading →
BROCKTON, Mass. – Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street hint at the destruction inside the three-story home. Thieves smashed the window to break in and then gutted the property for its copper pipes — … Continue reading →
This article was originally written in 2013 and recently updated due to a skyrocketing increase in catalytic converter theft since. In the several years following (2013-2018), catalytic converter theft kind of died down. Now (since 2020), thefts of catalytic converters … Continue reading →
Now that copper is quite valuable, thieves are becoming more and more brazen. Locally there has been a rash of copper thefts from construction sites. Since 2005, the price of copper pipe and wire has risen nearly 150 percent. Thieves … Continue reading →