When Trooper David Waldschmidt began an investigation into a report of "extensive criminal mischief and theft" at the New ...

Statewide requirements to help prevent copper wire theft will become law on Jan. 1 despite a lawsuit by the scrap metal workers claiming the legislation will effectively shut down their industry. The ...

Copper wire thievery is certainly not unique to this region, nor is it a new phenomenon. A decade ago, when street lights throughout Fresno started to go dark, the city encased in concrete 24,000 ...

Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part of an effort to crack down on the trafficking of stolen copper wire, including the type typically used in street lights.