Copper thieves target cemeteries

sbl_admin · 10-03-2007, 04:46 PM

Copper thieves have been stealing cemetery urns since early summer. Tens of thousands of dollars worth of memories have been picked clean.

purpahurl · 10-03-2007, 07:43 PM

I have some experience with this sort of situation. Mainly on the getting my stuff back from the scrap yards after it has been stolen. The scrap yards are as much at fault as the thieves. They know when they get "certain items" new copper pipe in coils, urns, brass and bronze ingot, whole castings,etc.. that it's hot. One place will go ahead and buy it and then they cover it up with junk so if you go in there to look for it it's very difficult. This is where I have experience. Getting it back once I find it with or without the police. Usually they say "go ahead and pick out what's your's", when they are horsey they don't want you in there at all. That's when you come back with samples and the police. They take a picture of everyone selling this type of scrap and have some form of ID on this person. They also have contracts they have to meet. This would not even be an issue if the scrap yards were a little more ethical in their purchases. When stuff like this is found at the scrap yard the only thing they are out is what they paid for the scrap. Maybe more stringent penalties against the scrap yards would deter this altogether.

joepole · 10-03-2007, 08:50 PM

Hopefully this will deter people from the ridiculous practice of burying corpses and/or building monuments to dead people.

purpahurl · 10-03-2007, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Hopefully this will deter people from the ridiculous practice of burying corpses and/or building monuments to dead people.

Hey Joe, with that abject logic , maybe it will deter people from dying all together.

sbl_admin · 10-04-2007, 09:33 AM

A new story has been added to the "Read More" section of this topic, as follows

KSLA -- Oct 4 2007 9:33 AM
Scrap Yards Made to Follow the Rules in Light of Copper Thefts

10-03-2007, 04:46 PM	#1
sbl_admin Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 1,965 Rep Power: 260	Copper thieves target cemeteries Copper thieves have been stealing cemetery urns since early summer. Tens of thousands of dollars worth of memories have been picked clean.

10-03-2007, 07:43 PM	#2
purpahurl Advanced Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: shreveport Posts: 377 Rep Power: 224	Copper thieves and Scrap Yards I have some experience with this sort of situation. Mainly on the getting my stuff back from the scrap yards after it has been stolen. The scrap yards are as much at fault as the thieves. They know when they get "certain items" new copper pipe in coils, urns, brass and bronze ingot, whole castings,etc.. that it's hot. One place will go ahead and buy it and then they cover it up with junk so if you go in there to look for it it's very difficult. This is where I have experience. Getting it back once I find it with or without the police. Usually they say "go ahead and pick out what's your's", when they are horsey they don't want you in there at all. That's when you come back with samples and the police. They take a picture of everyone selling this type of scrap and have some form of ID on this person. They also have contracts they have to meet. This would not even be an issue if the scrap yards were a little more ethical in their purchases. When stuff like this is found at the scrap yard the only thing they are out is what they paid for the scrap. Maybe more stringent penalties against the scrap yards would deter this altogether.

10-04-2007, 09:33 AM	#5
sbl_admin Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 1,965 Rep Power: 260	Updated News Story A new story has been added to the "Read More" section of this topic, as follows KSLA -- Oct 4 2007 9:33 AM Scrap Yards Made to Follow the Rules in Light of Copper Thefts

10-03-2007, 08:50 PM	#3
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 259	Hopefully this will deter people from the ridiculous practice of burying corpses and/or building monuments to dead people.

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