Pa. couple stole copper to pay for wedding
CBS/AP
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. - Police say a western Pennsylvania couple cut down copper wire from 18 utility poles because they needed money to pay for their wedding.
According to a North Sewickley Township police report, the couple - April Cater, 24, and Joseph Russell, 23, of Eastvale - removed the transformer ground wires (valued at $7,146) on August 9, four days before their wedding, and sold it to a salvage company.
The Beaver County Times reports Russell told police he had lost his job at an auto parts store and needed the money.
The couple faces a preliminary hearing Oct. 24 on theft, criminal conspiracy and criminal mischief charges.
PennPower officials told the paper repairing the utility poles will cost nearly $400 each.
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- At least the honeymoon in jail will be free.
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- Lucky they didn't get fried.
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- And they will be prosecuted because they haven't stolen as much money as the corporate execs involved in the mortgage fraud that cost us all. So, since they haven't stolen as much they cannot afford the attorneys and influence that the rich corp execs pay for. It's absurd that if you are rich you do not get prosecuted and yet these poor people will definitely be prosecuted. If that's the law then the law is an ass.
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- Sentence them to the absolute maximum sentence allowable for the crime. Both of them.
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- On the upside: Theyve each found their soulmate. On the downside: They're common criminals. (Emphasis on "common.")
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- Just think. They will probably have kids.
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- Arrest the salvage yard purchasers too...they are as awful as those who fence stolen jewelry, art and stereos. All criminals!!!
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- To bugwhips: Some do but there are some shady ones in the Pittsburgh and Youngstown, Ohio area. I agree....if the salvage yard failed to obtain the proper information ....they should be arrested. A specific law needs to be put in place. Copper and metal theft is a problem in PA. Some of these idiots took wire from a power sub-station and a cell tower.
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- The worst part is they'll probably have kids who will grow up to be just like them - burdens on society.
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- Right, a couple of losers! Another example of the need for sterilization of the imcompetent!
