Tacoma police said they arrested two men Tuesday who they found stripping and cutting stolen copper wire.
A neighbor reported seeing three people cutting wire behind a house in the 800 block of E. 62nd Street.
Tacoma police said they arrested two men Tuesday who they found stripping and cutting stolen copper wire.
Tacoma police said they arrested two men Tuesday who they found stripping and cutting stolen copper wire.
A neighbor reported seeing three people cutting wire behind a house in the 800 block of E. 62nd Street.
Olympia police arrested two people hiding in a crawl space at the now-closed Bally’s Total Fitness in the 200 block of Sleater-Kinney Road Tuesday afternoon, and both admitted they burglarized the building to steal and sell copper pipe for cash, court papers state.
Fruits and vegetables are not the only cash crops coming from the Mid-Columbia's thousands of acres of farmland.
The rich agricultural fields are prime producers of stolen copper for drug-addicted metal thieves.
Police officers from across the state gathered at the Kennewick police station Wednesday for a one-day copper theft seminar that they hope helps combat the growing number of metal theft in the Tri-Cities.
The King County Sheriff's office says they have charged two people in connection with the theft of 4.3 miles of copper wire from the Sound Transit light rail system.
Pierce County prosecutors allege Brandy McGregor sold at least three stolen cars to undercover detectives working out of a Tacoma storefront to stem auto theft in Pierce County.
Memorabilia stolen from former Seahawks corner and Tacoma native Marcus Trufant was recovered by Seattle police Wednesday.
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