Alleged copper poacher arrested on felony charges ( Could have been a Darwin Award...)

adn ^ | 08/22/2007

[george76]

A Denver man was arrested for felony theft after being found allegedly stealing copper wire from utility poles last Friday.

Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene to find Bull and two other men pulling copper wire from the utility poles, coiling it on spools and placing it in a truck, ... The 306 pounds of copper wire recovered...

When approached by the deputy, Bull allegedly said he was under contract for the next two months to gather all the wire and poles in the area, including west in the Glenwood Canyon. The wires and poles were on land belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad.

The deputy then contacted Union Pacific Railroad and determined the story was false...

[george76]

oops

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[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Speaking of trying to poach copper...

From newsoftheweird.com
"Two men and a woman were among the recent wave of people trying to cash in on the high price of copper scrap metal when they broke into an abandoned nursing home in Gainesville, Ga., in July. However, they had missed the sign at the entrance announcing that the building had recently been converted into a training facility and kennel for police dogs, and they were quickly sicced on and arrested. [Gainesville Times, 7-20-07]"

D'OH!

[Sherman Logan]

Sounds like a lot of work for $1000. Probably less, as presumably whoever they fenced it to would want to resell at a profit.

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

Sounds like a lot of work for $1000. Probably less, as presumably whoever they fenced it to would want to resell at a profit.
That's about it. $2.85+ for #1 clean copper. I liked the guys using service trucks and setting up cones, taking down light poles in Baltimore (aluminum-they got over 160+ poles.) I was in the scrap (hauling) business for about four years. I heard and saw tons (yea-a pun) of stories, and with the high prices, it's still going on.