Massive copper theft from Carrollton industry

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On: May 20, 2010

Police in Carrollton are looking for whoever stole a half million dollars of copper from Southwire Corp. They say two men in a tractor trailer drove off with 132,000 pounds of copper a couple of weeks ago. Police are wondering if it may be connected to similar cases in Texas and Florida. They have at least one suspect in mind so far, but no arrests yet.

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