Renton police said they made several arrests with “criminals going to extreme lengths to steal (copper) wire” over the past few days.
On Saturday just before 10 a.m., officers were called to a construction site near the 300 block of Edmonds Avenue Southeast. A concerned resident called 911 after seeing two men taking copper cable from a Puget Sound Energy work site, police said.
Police said the cable had been cut between power towers, which was not an active power line. The cable was hung in a tree, where a 39-year-old Auburn man was seen with a climbing harness and a cordless saw, “apparently preparing to cut the cable free,” according to authorities.On the same day, police were called after 2:10 p.m. to the 2900 block of Southeast Royal Hills Drive for a report of a theft in progress.
When police arrived, they found two men, a 53-year-old SeaTac man and a 46-year-old Burien man, with chainsaws, reciprocating saws, ropes, and a generator.
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