After a restless night, Robert Browning woke just before dawn last Thursday filled with worry. The day before, someone had stolen a pair of 10-foot copper downspouts from his Old Metairie home - the ...

Copper wire theft is rising in Tucson, a local medal scrap yard outlines laws in place to prevent buying stolen material.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A three-month undercover investigation by the Metro Police Fraud Unit resulted in the raid of a Nashville scrap metal dealer accused of buying stolen copper and catalytic ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Action News continues to investigate the effects of wire theft in the Fresno area and the effort to stop it. Tuesday night, we reported that stolen wires from traffic signals ...

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, computer technician Jim Delfino was laid off by the Florida company at which he had worked for over two decades. After five years of looking for employment in ...

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Police are searching for a thief who stole a large amount of copper from a Shreveport scrap yard. Police say a thief stole 300 lbs. of copper from General Scrap in Shreveport.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Metal thieves who have stripped wires from streetlights and statues from parks have found markets at illegal scrap yards in Southern California, authorities said. With copper prices ...

PORTSMOUTH — A longtime Jones Avenue resident contends a scrap metal business that operates in the neighborhood is disrupting the lives of nearby residents with noise, traffic and dust. Donald ...