HS Game called due to theft

[Guest Techsan]

What in the hell has gotten into people?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/highschool/09/15/bc.fbh.coppertheft.game.ap/index.html

[NedDog]

That's a shame.  >

[BMTSoulja1]

What in the world?  :o. 

[BigWolf10]

Crack kills ;D

[AJ25]

that is retardid!

[Guest ECBucFan]

Like the guy that runs Hadleys Furniture in Beaumont said on TV after the hurricaine: "The goons come out" when an opportunity is there.....Hadleys glass windows were kicked in and his furniture was stolen.    >  This is a sick, sad world we live in.  :'(

[NedDog]

Did that happen after Humberto?  I hope they catch the little . . . !!  >

[24 over par]

they will probably catch them i just hope they punish them

[Guest Techsan]

Copper is in high demand right now, and we have had a couple of instances in Lubbock where copper has been reported stolen from various businesses in the warehouse district but this is just unreal.

[BMTSoulja1]

Yea, I know.  But from a freaking high school stadium?  Come on now.  Guys used to steal fiber-optic wire from construction sites.

[Guest ECBucFan]

Did that happen after Humberto?  I hope they catch the little . . . !!   >

Yes. It happened during the time the buisnesses were closed.  >

[82 5A State Champs]

As an electrician, the last time I sold scrap copper, I got about $2.75 a pound for it. We're talking about several hundred pounds of feeder wire for those stadium lights.....you do the math. It really shouldn't be suprising, as we've had several thefts like that in our area over recent months. It is what it is! :-[

[tvc184]

Theft of copper is becoming an epidemic due to the cost of copper scrap. People are actually cutting the coils out of air conditioners while they are running in people's homes and in businesses.

Due to the recent surge in thefts, a new Texas law on September 1st makes it a felony to steal any amount of copper, bronze or aluminum wire. If a person gets caught stealing a one foot piece of copper wire worth about 25 cents, it can cost him up to two years in jail.