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Las Vegas men arrested in copper wire theftsWednesday, July 14, 2010 Four Las Vegas men were charged and booked into the Mesquite Detention Facility for stealing copper wire from light poles in Mesquite on Monday (July 12). The four were charged with grand larceny and possession of burglary tools and were later transported to the Clark County Detention Facility in Las Vegas. According to Public Information Officer Robert W. Everett of the Mesquite Police Department, an alert security guard at Mesa View Hospital observed three suspicious men walking behind the hospital and called the police. The three suspects were located and after being questioned, police discovered cooper wire was missing from street light poles nearby the hospital at a construction site. Upon further investigation, a fourth suspect who had dropped off the three suspects was apprehended. The copper wire was bundled and hidden by the individual poles waiting for pick up by the four suspects. “We ask citizens to be our eyes and ears and the hospital security guard did exactly what we ask; he observed something suspicious in the area and notified police immediately,” said Everett. “Because of the quick response of the officers to the location, we were able to retrieve the stolen wire and make the arrests of the alleged perpetrators,” Chief Douglas Law said. |
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