 MemphisPCGuySenior Systems EngineerPremium
join:2004-05-09
Memphis, TN
1 edit | Vacant homes being ransacked as well... ... I recently testified in a court case involving some guys caught under a neighbors vacant "For Sale" home pulling the wiring for resell.
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| Not just that, grave markers as well. Thieves have been making off with vases that are attached to grave markers for some time. Some of them contain copper. Think that's bad? Now they are even taking the whole grave marker!
Recently, my father's entire grave marker was lifted, rather than the just vase. The memorial park had been having problems with the vases disappearing occasionally for years, but with the copper issue, it's not only gotten worse, the thieves are now taking whole plaques. I don't know if it was because it was believed to contain copper as well (my father's was bronze), or if they couldn't cut the chain on the vase. Does it matter? Still sick.
Here's a story about the theft of vases.
»www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/···l&coll=2 |
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Re: Vacant homes being ransacked as well... copper pipes more often are stolen from vacant homes. i am a contractor & have recieved many a call from a homeowner needing new plumbing so tenants can move in. empty houses are hit hard. its so bad that while workers are rehabbing a house they have to spray paint "no copper, pvc" on the boarded windows just to keep the thieves from trying to get in to steal. its profitable for me, but a huge headache for property owners |
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