Member of copper theft ring receives 25-year sentence

Dec 23, 2008 | 10:59 AM | Michael Marley

Weaker prices may be making copper and other metals less attractive to thieves, but the pricing plunge has not translated into weaker sentences.

A South Carolina Circuit Court handed down a 25-year prison sentence to a 39-year-old Spartanburg, S.C., man for his role in a copper theft ring.....





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