Copper cable valued at $60,000 stolen in Pennsylvania

ScrapTheftAlert.com, operated by the Washington-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), has sent an alert regarding $60,000 worth of spooled copper cable that has been stolen in Steelton, Pennsylvania, a community in central Pennsylvania about 12 miles from Hershey.

The mid-January alert includes several photographs showing the spooled cable, a potential suspect and the vehicle and tow-behind trailer allegedly used in the theft.

ISRI sends the alerts to notify scrap purchasers so they can be on the lookout for material that matches the description of what has been stolen.

In the Steelton incident, ISRI says three reels of 535,000 circular mils (kcmil) diesel locomotive (DLO) cable, approximately 1,300 feet total in length, and two reels of 4/0 American wire gauge (AWG) DLO cable, 1,000 feet in total, were taken.

Also reported as stolen are: three reels of hard-drawn bare stranded copper wire; 500 feet each of 500 kcmil and 250 kcmil, 4/0 AWG wire; two partial reels of bare stranded soft drawn wire; 100 feet of 500 kcmil cable; and 300 feet of 4/0 cable.

The Steelton Police Department has identified the vehicle involved as a white Ford F-250 pickup truck. The suspect is described as a white male who could be approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weigh about 170 pounds.

People with information about the crime can contact the Steelton Police Department at 717-939-9841.

The full alert can be found here.