BALTIMORE – City streets are getting darker because thieves, some disguised as utility crews, are stealing 30-foot light poles, authorities said.
About 130 aluminum light poles have vanished this fall from locations across the city, despite the difficulty of carting off the 250-pound objects.
AP via Yahoo! News
You’ve almost got admire guys who’ll steal 250-pound light poles.
Those 30-foot 250-pound light poles are easily reduced to 5 six-foot, 50-pound pieces in minutes with a couple cordless sawzalls. Then one could fit them in a VW microbus, much less a full size van or pickup.
They are undoubtedly sold as scrap aluminum, as are highway gaurdrails in many parts of the country.