Copper thieves scale great heights
COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — Thieves are scaling great heights in Iowa in the search for copper, yanking wiring from cellphone towers and wind turbines.
KETV-TV in Omaha, Neb., says Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker says thieves are risking jail or death for a few dollars.
Danker says there are more than 40 wind turbines and nearly a dozen cellphone towers from Avoca to Council Bluffs, and patrolling them all is a problem.
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