US EditionCopper Theft on the Rise in Canada with Ontario, Quebec, N.B. the Most Victimized
COLEMAN TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, JUL 9 – Four suspects were arrested after cutting down 33 hydro poles and stealing copper wires valued at $100,000, with charges including theft and trafficking, police said.
- Ontario Provincial Police arrested four men in early May after thieves cut down 33 hydro poles and stole copper wires valued at $100,000 near Cobalt, Ontario.
- Copper theft has risen sharply across Canada due to copper's high value and easy resale, with hotspots in Ontario, Quebec's Saguenay region, and New Brunswick's Fredericton-Oromocto corridor.
- Bell Canada reports more than 500 copper theft cases in the first half of the year, with 66 percent occurring in Ontario and a significant increase in Alberta, including a 238 percent rise in Edmonton.
- Jeffrey Belenger, Lance Laferriere, Patrick Denomme, and James Kirkey have been charged with multiple counts of theft and trafficking, and they will be appearing in 2025 before the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury.
- The surge in copper thefts threatens public safety by damaging infrastructure and emergency services, and police urge anyone with information to contact OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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Suspects arrested in Cobalt's huge theft of copper wire
Ontario Provincial Police have arrested four individuals following a large-scale theft of copper hydro wires valued at approximately $100,000. The incident involved the cutting down of over 30 hydro poles along a remote road near Cobalt
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Suspects arrested in huge theft of copper wire after 33 hydro poles cut down
Ontario Provincial Police have arrested four individuals following a large-scale theft of copper hydro wires valued at approximately $100,000 along a remote road near Cobalt
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This week, Ontario Provincial Police arrested four men and charged them with stealing copper wire from 33 decommissioned hydro police that were cut down in a rural region in northern Ontario.
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