New video shows criminal copper wire thieves indeed

Louisville, Ky. (Wave) – The Mayor of Louisville, Craig Greenberg, announced the arrest of four suspected copper wire thieves and shared a new video about how to take the cable.

The mayor has been struggling against the fight for stolen copper wire for some time and announced a multi-agency-task force to tackle the widespread copper wire theft in October. So it was no surprise on Wednesday when he announced that four people were charged with theft of copper wire.

What was more surprising was Okolona's video near Jefferson Mall, which showed how they did it.

One of the thieves seems to attach the copper wire to your car and then drive backwards, leaving at more than 300 feet wire from AT&T.

Greenberg said you will continue to act against this behavior.

“You have done millions of dollars damage and that is simply not acceptable,” he said. “The U -Bahn government of Louisville will stand up for the people in our city every day and night, and we will catch the people responsible.”

Greenberg said the four people connected to this incident – Colin James Hardin, Jasmine Becker, Robert Lapinsky and John R. Cummins, were arrested last week. They were charged with a variety of different things, from theft to criminal offenses.

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