Trying to steal copper wire from a PECO transformer, he suffered severe burns and is in critical condition, police said.

Time and again, thieves have stolen the copper wire for the lights as drag racers turn it into a private derby track and vandals wallpaper it in graffiti. The ill-fated span replaced a Depression ...

Copper wire theft continues to be a growing issue in Minneapolis, leaving residents in the dark both near Lake of the Isles and in Stevens Square. "It's been hard with the darkness," said Arden ...

Surveillance video shows the suspects after one of them cut a section of copper wire from the portal machine just after 5:30 a.m. on February 1. They then allegedly stuffed the wire in a large ...

London police are urging downtown residents, businesses and property owners to be on alert amid an uptick in copper wire thefts in the core over the last several months. At least 23 incidents of ...

The Metropolitan Police Department said copper wire had been removed from several breaker boxes in the 5600 block of Procyon Street, near Russell Road and Polaris Avenue. NV Energy said 12 people ...