Nothing sacred. Thieves attacking churches all over the world for the metals!!
Thieves in South Africa make off with church bell
Monsters and Critics.com - 9 hours ago
Johannesburg - South Africans attending a Sunday church service recently were shocked to discover that thieves had made off with the 200-year-old church ...
Church bell stolen for scrap News24.com
all 17 news articles »
Copper Thieves Hit Historic Detroit Church
WWJ, MI - 9 hours ago
Detroit (WWJ) -- On of Detroit's oldest churches has become the target of scrap metal thieves. St. Albertus, on St. Aubin on the city's east side, ...
Copper Thieves Hit Historic Detroit Church
WWJ, MI - 9 hours ago
Detroit (WWJ) -- On of Detroit's oldest churches has become the target of scrap metal thieves. St. Albertus, on St. Aubin on the city's east side, ...
Shropshire Star Hot market in scrap
Shropshire Star, UK - Aug 18, 2008
With the price of scrap metal on the rise, thieves can earn thousands of pounds in a few hours’ work. But while these criminals make off with lead, ...
Thousands of drain covers stolen for scrap
Reuters UK, UK - Aug 14, 2008
Thieves have also stolen copper cables from railway signals, lead from church roofs and aluminium road signs. Live electricity cables, rail tracks and even ...
Air conditioners hot targets for thieves
News & Observer, NC - Aug 20, 2008
Police say thieves want the copper and aluminum in air conditioning units. With scrap metal fetching high prices, law enforcement agencies across the state ...
Memorial service set for Boylan grad who died in China
Rockford Register Star, IL - 15 hours ago
Ann fell through an open manhole, a common danger on the streets of Beijing in recent years as thieves are known to steal manhole covers to sell as scrap ...
Earlier: Scrap thieves strike again
Indianapolis Star, United States - Aug 7, 2008
Rising prices for scrap metal in recent years have prompted thieves to raid construction sites and air-conditioning units for copper tubing, wire and metal ...
What's behind recent rash of copper thefts?
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Aug 2, 2008
By MARCUS K. GARNER The pews are empty at Calvary Temple Holiness Church on Atlanta's scorching summer Sundays. Scrap-metal thieves have stripped the East ...
Scrap metal law not golden Hattiesburg American
Metal recyclers say new law needs some changes WXVT
all 10 news articles »
Thieves lucky not to spark explosion
ic Solihull.co.uk, UK - Aug 13, 2008
The price of scrap metal has risen to an all-time high with thieves targeting everything from road signs to church roofs. In June, thieves stripped lead ...
In New Zealand they prefer the cash!!
Thieves grab $10000 in church break-in
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Aug 19, 2008
It was third time in five months the church had been hit by thieves and extra locks had been put on the doors as a deterrent. |
