The Perry County Sheriff’s Department has taken seven people into custody that they suspect were part of a copper-stealing ...

Copper wire theft is becoming a multimillion-dollar problem in California, prompting a roundtable discussion on the matter in ...

LA leaders and law enforcement officials pleaded with the state to impose tougher penalties for copper wife thieves and metal ...

California's top prosecutor is now helping cities and counties crack down on copper wire thefts, which have been a big ...

Some customers say they aren't getting their life-saving landline service, but they are still being billed by AT&T.

Thefts routinely target telecommunications wire owned by AT&T ... there were 142 cases of AT&T cable theft, according to the reports. In summer 2024, the number of thefts hit a high of more ...

This also includes any information that can lead to an arrest or conviction of theft ... law enforcement and local AT&T security,” said Soards. Soards said copper wire thefts started ramping ...

"It affects too many people, and someone could end up dying because someone else decided to take a phone line for a few bucks ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on May 13 investigated the theft of approximately 240 feet of AT&T wire that was stolen ...

(Courtesy: Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office) AT&T reports that each individual cut of wire, not including the cost of each individual theft, costs around $35,000. The thefts have been known to ...