A prosecuting attorney with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said thieves have shifted from catalytic converters to copper communication lines.

A suspected copper wire thief was pulled from a manhole in Chatsworth, which police say he refused to come out of for hours ...

An alleged copper wire thief evaded police for nearly four hours by hiding in a manhole in Chatsworth.

An alleged copper wire thief scurried inside a Los Angeles manhole as police closed in, leading to an hourslong standoff the ...

Two suspects were arrested in Chatsworth Tuesday morning on suspicion of copper theft after one suspect barricaded themselves ...

On Friday, January 30, 2026, the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from Northeast Louisiana Power ...

A suspected copper thief was arrested near the Los Angeles International Airport after police caught him and another suspect actively stealing wire from a Department of Water and Power facility, ...

The man was taken into custody after refusing to come out of the manhole for several hours.

Detectives arrested McCrae and Michael Earnhardt 25, who both admitted to stealing the copper wire.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Copper wire theft is up from previous years because of the current price per pound, according to the Tucson Police Department. KGUN 9 has previously reported on neighborhoods ...

Copper thieves shut off the lights on an iconic stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in the heart of the Miracle Mile — a major ...