Other U.S. cities are also grappling with a dramatic spike in copper-wire thefts in recent years. In Minneapolis, thieves ...

Officials said the systems have been installed in areas where several instances of theft have been reported, along with other key areas.

Four men are in jail and a fifth is hospitalized with burns to most of his body because of what police say are attempts to steal copper in the Richmond ...

Residents of Maniini took the law into their own hands, killing a man caught allegedly stealing copper cables.

Copper wire thefts are knocking out streetlights, damaging churches and threatening critical city services — and now, city ...

In February, thieves were caught taking more than 300 feet of copper wire in Okolona. In April, police cleared the Kentucky Home Life building, where thieves had also raided it for copper.

Two suspects accused of stealing copper cables belonging to eThekwini Municipality will appear in the Pinetown Magistrate’s ...