For years, residents in this cash-strapped Oklahoma city watched helplessly as thieves gutted 33 miles (53 kilometers) of streetlight wiring,...
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The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports today that from 2008 through 2015, there were 25,394 catalytic converter thefts across...
Despite attempts to control scrap metal sales, international demand has driven the theft of metals, especially copper. Metal thefts primarily...
Illinois lawmakers have convened a task force to investigate a spike in the theft of recyclable metals. There was a...
A new group trying to reduce metal theft from agriculture operations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Mississippi Secretary of State...

Longtime New York City subway cops have seen copper thefts before, but last week’s heist on a stretch of open-air...

A bill filed in the Illinois House would form a new task force to address thefts of recyclable metals, including...
Police say two brothers stole nearly $500,000 worth of sewer grates from the Philadelphia, Pa., suburbs and sold them for...
Little Rock, Ark., authorities say three stolen sculptures worth nearly $30,000 have been returned. The city’s Parks and Recreation director...
Little Rock, Ark., authorities say three sculptures worth $30,000 have been stolen from Riverfront Park. The city’s Parks and Recreation...