The thieves must then remove the rubber insulation, the cable's cooling system, and the charging connector that plugs into the electric car. That's a lot of work for $200 worth of copper ...

It is heavy duty, protected by a thick strip of rubber casing on the outside and ... we get to what is usually three or more twisted copper cables,’ says Ricky. ‘It takes hours to do it ...

"So you may damage one cable, but you're not going to get the whole site, which is what we've typically seen happen. I think people motivated by the value of the copper in the cables, or whatever ...

In response to a surge in copper wire theft and infrastructure vandalism across California, Attorney General Rob Bonta convened a roundtable last week ...

NORTH TEXAS – AT&T reports North Texas customers are being left without phone service because of copper cable theft. "Hundreds of folks can be taken out of service, and oftentimes, it can take ...