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Botched copper theft causes Freon leak at Concord library

May 4, 2010 - 8:41am — Blake

Botched copper theft causes Freon leak at Concord library
Oh sure, you think you have it bad because people keep stealing your DVDs. Anyone tried to steal your PIPES? A would-be copper thief trying to cut pipes from the Concord library caused a release of a cooling agent that prompted the building's closure over the weekend, authorities said.

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May 4, 2010 - 10:00am — Anonymous

Copper theft

Cities need to work on controlling the places you can sell scrap copper. Maybe take fingerprints of people selling scrap copper. Our city just had over $100,000 in damage to power line equipment because someone stole roughly $1000 worth of copper.

The damage caused by all these copper thefts is ridiculous.

The federal government should also allow people to melt down pre-1982 pennies. That would help get more copper on the market and bring the price down. Every penny that is pre-1982 has 2 cents of copper in it. One dollar in pennies is worth $2. If you have a huge jar of old pennies it is now worth twice as much. What would be nice is if you could sell them to a copper dealer.

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May 4, 2010 - 5:01pm — Anonymous

Man loses arms and legs in copper theft

Man loses arms and legs in copper theft
http://www.kens5.com/news/Man-loses-arms-and-legs-in-copper-theft-83398667.html

Video and full story at link.

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