Copper prices have climbed high enough that bare wire and pipe are starting to look like fast cash, and thieves are following ...

HOT SPRINGS -- A Garland County man who stole thousands of dollars' worth of copper pipes from the vacant Velda Rose Resort hotel last year, causing $18,000 in damages, was sentenced to prison Tuesday ...

Scrap copper could enable you to make some extra money. Scrap metals, such as copper and aluminum, are collected nationwide through community recycling centers. You can receive compensation for your ...

Christopher N. Currier and Brett W. Ellis are charged with stealing copper pipes and scrap metal from a vacant house in Fulton, police said. FULTON, N.Y. -- Two men are charged with burglary after ...

Call it black market alchemy. Water pipes, utility wires, floral vases and rain gutters — all made of copper — are being turned into cash at scrap yards by thieves profiting off the metal’s record ...

Copper is being stolen from vacant properties across Northern Ireland An unlikely new market in the economic downturn, brazen theft or opportunist recycling. The copper pipe has started to make the ...

A Kansas man has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution after he admitted to stealing from his employer in a copper theft scheme. Matthew P. Belshe, 42, of Wichita, pleaded guilty ...