Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies arrested two suspected copper thieves accused of stealing wires from Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail platforms.
Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies arrested two suspected copper thieves accused of stealing wires from Valley Transportation Authority light rail platforms.On Monday, deputies from the transit patrol division were patrolling near Reamwood Light Rail Station in Sunnyvale following an earlier report of copper theft."Our sheriff’s dispatch received a call on Monday a little bit after noon, in the area of Cropley VTA station," said Sheriff’s Capt. Jose Cardoza.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been two dozen cases of copper theft resulting in more than $500,000 in damage."The cables that are being stolen, they track train movement on our system, which in turn activate gate arms, train switches, and signaling," said Diego Carrillo, the VTA superintendent of Way, Power, and Signals. "It’ll prevent trains from receiving proceed signals.
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