http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2007/12/19/thieves-get-copper-happy-in-hoco/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2007/12/19/thieves-get-copper-happy-in-hoco/#comment-156 Anonymous Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:40:40 +0000 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2007/12/19/thieves-get-copper-happy-in-hoco/#comment-156 Theft of metal isn't a new thing. Copper attracts thieves. Also, look around at some of the public parks in Baltimore (and elsewhere) that have put in things like benches and bleachers made out of plastic instead of metal. It's because of theft. Wasn't it a year or so ago that people were stealing high mast lighting? I don't recall if the thefts were motivated by scrap metal, though that was always my assumption. Theft of metal isn’t a new thing. Copper attracts thieves. Also, look around at some of the public parks in Baltimore (and elsewhere) that have put in things like benches and bleachers made out of plastic instead of metal. It’s because of theft. Wasn’t it a year or so ago that people were stealing high mast lighting? I don’t recall if the thefts were motivated by scrap metal, though that was always my assumption.

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