Orion

Feb/27/2013

Times Standard staff writer

CEJ#5-local

Summary

What was believed to be the night of February 21, a great deal of copper wire was stolen from the Mckinleyville high school stadium. On Monday the sheriffs office received a call saying that the stadium was damaged with the wire being stolen from the access panels.  The suspects were believed to have used a pulling object and a hacksaw to remove the panels.   The high school is still figuring out the total loss.  The theft of the wire damaged the stadium lights and the cost of the wire itself is believed to be around 1000 dollars and to rewire the stadium is going to cost a lot more according the sheriffs office release.  Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call the office at 445-7251 or the sheriffs office crime tip line at 268-2539.

Response

I think this was a pretty bad thing to do, but copper wire does have many uses.  Whoever stole that much wire is going to get a good price for it.  As for finding the people who stole the wire, I would go around to every pawnshop around the area and find out if anybody brought in a heap of copper wire.  Then, I would go around door to door to the the people that live near the high school to find out if they witnesses any suspicious activity or if they knew who committed the crime or know anything about the person or people who committed the crime. Then  after that, if I had gotten no leads, I would move into the high school and ask the children in the school if they knew about what happened.  After reading about what happened on the Times Standard, I actually asked my brother who goes to Mckinleyville High School if he knew anything about it, but he said no.