The City Power Security Risk Management team has apprehended six people employed by a contractor for possession of suspected ...

Oreb said the thieves would often recruit people ... The cables are stolen and burned or melted to expose copper wires, which are then sold to metal recyclers, according to the motion, leaving ...

Metro Police are investigating after NV Energy says copper wire theft at a substation led to several power outages near the strip and at Harry Reid Airport.

“This ordinance will make it harder for thieves to sell stolen wire ... It prohibits businesses from buying copper wire that has been burned — a process used to remove wire insulation ...