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Cambridge copper coppers copped

adamg — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:05:46 -0400

Cambridge Police report arresting two men Saturday morning on charges they were trying to steal five-foot sections of copper from the roof of the Attic, 563 Mass. Ave. in Central Square.

Nobody copping to Verizon thefts

adamg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:42:32 -0400

Boston Police report that on recent weekends, somebody's been breaking into the Verizon lot at 173 Boston St. in South Boston and stealing copper wiring.

Also click on the link to read about a teen beaten with a baseball bat by a group of other teens at the Burger King at W. Broadway and D Street Tuesday night.

Copper thievery leads to injured sexton

adamg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:32:39 -0400

Copper thefts targeting historic structures led to man's fall from church ladder.

Stealing copper from the coppers? Not good conduct

adamg — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:01:24 -0400

Cambridge Police report arresting two construction workers at the site of the new police station at 125 Sixth St. around 12:30 p.m. last Thursday "after they were observed placing boxes of copper cable into their Jeep."

Earlier:
Cops cop copper copper.

Cops cop copper copper

adamg — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:34:51 -0500

Boston Police report arresting a guy allegedly wheeling copper away from a Back Bay alley shortly before 1 a.m. today:

Officers located a witness who told them that he has had to replace his copper downspouts at last three times in the past due to theft. The witness stated that he was awakened by noise in the alley and observed the suspect walking in the alley, heard some noise in the alley and then observed him walking out with a large piece of copper downspout in his hand and placing it in his cart.

Officers surveyed the suspect's shopping cart and observed several copper O-rings used to secure the downspouts in the suspect's shopping cart. Officers conducted a search of the area and located several missing downspouts.

The alleged perp, from Roxbury, was charged with larceny over $250.

Earlier:
Copper thefts in Newton and Brookline.

Copper disappears in Newton

adamg — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:07:29 -0500

The Newton Tab reports on two thefts reported Feb. 21:

"Thousands of dollars" of copper scrap were reported stolen from a Brentwood Avenue property (the missing copper was stored in four 65-gallon drums, each weighing about 200 pounds).

A contractor noticed "several hundred feet of copper flashing" missing from the roof of Mr. Sid's in Newton Centre. The contractor was there to help the store figure out why its roof had started leaking two weeks earlier.

Earlier:
Copper thefts in Brookline.