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Armed Venezuelan gang memebers are stealing oil, copper wire, diesel fuel and catalyst elements from Texas oil fields in West Texas, according to a memo issued to employees. According to the memo obtained by LibsofTikTok, a Texas-based oil company issued a memo to employees warning them about security concerns from violent migrant gangs. Venezuelan gang members are using vehicles to run workers and witnesses off the road as they steal oil and diesel fuel. Per the memo: Dr. McCullough on the “Serious Problem” Spike Protein Poses to Our Health Industry peers and law enforcement in West Texas (WTX) are aware...

A man was killed early Thursday morning in east Oklahoma City after being electrocuted while attempting to steal copper wire from a light pole, according to KWTV. The spike in copper prices in recent years has driven well known black market for the metal. The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that over a three year period there were 28,000 claims for theft of industrial metals -- 98% of which was copper. The trend has been attributed to copper's ease of access, as it is often unguarded in industrial air conditioning units, open construction sites, abandoned properties and public power utilities....

The EV revolution is getting stripped for parts. California’s green dream is dying by a thousand copper cuts. You can’t plug in progress when the streets are unplugging the city. VIDEOS OF CRIMES AT LINK.................... BRIEFING ... Every now and then, a story drops that’s so dripping in irony it feels like satire. Los Angeles, the city that prides itself on being the crown jewel of “green innovation,” has officially short-circuited its own electric dream. The city’s extravagant vision of “zero emissions” is being shorted out by something painfully fitting: the homeless are ripping the copper wiring straight out of...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Could copper theft slow Los Angeles's move towards a zero-emissions future? Thieves are targeting electric vehicle charging stations for copper wire -- cutting cords and even breaking into chargers using hacksaws. It's a costly fix to repair the vandalized stations. VIDEOS AT LINK.................... Now, there are new efforts underway to prevent copper wire theft. "All our focus is, 'How do we accelerate transportation electrification?' More EVs, cars and trucks on the road, more charges in the ground by the time the world arrives for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028. How do we show the...

Police in San Jose are finding themselves the victims of a crime, after someone stole copper wire at the Police Activities League’s baseball field. According to authorities, wire was taken from one of the light stands. Police said the fix is going to be expensive and take a while. “There’s two different light towers, and since one of the light towers isn’t working, there’s the possibility that we might have to cancel some games in the future,” Sgt. Jim Ureta of the San Jose Police Department told KPIX 5. Police estimate it would cost $25,000 to get the lights working...

Attempted Theft Knocks Out Power To 2,000 Customers. Somewhere in Metro Denver, someone is nursing an electrical burn... Investigators say a thief or thieves cut a fence to gain entry into an Intermountain Rural Electric Association substation ... Once inside, they started clipping electrical wires. Company officials said one of the wires was "hot." "When they cut that wire," said IREA Line Superintendent Les Turner, "they had a flash of about 7,000 volts." Turner said that flash had to cause injury. "It could be anywhere from a severe sunburn appearance to second or third degree burns on his hand." "We've...