Copper thieves steal $80,000 worth of wire from westside business
Burglars use sledgehammer to break through a double brick wall in order to haul off with 181 spools of wire from Northside Drive's City Electric Supply.
A westside Atlanta business that sells electrical equipment wholesale was the recent victim of one of the city’s largest copper wire heists. During the two-day crime committed during the weekend of Nov. 3-4, thieves managed to sledgehammer their way through a double brick wall and make off with 181 spools of wire from City Electric Supply. According to a police report, a City Electric Supply manager said that on Saturday, Nov. 3, thieves managed to crawl under a fence at the rear of the property located at 1450 Northside Drive. After using a pole to push a surveillance camera upward, they blasted open a 4x3 foot hole in a double brick wall to gain entry into the business. According to the incident report, the manager indicated that the …
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