In the town of Chillicothe, Ohio, a group of thieves sneaked into a muffler shop, in addition to stealing the cash shop, but also took the 130 car catalytic device. Fresno, California, due to underground copper theft is rampant, the local government forced thousands of sealed with concrete covers. Pitcher in Oklahoma City saw off a telephone pole and the thieves stole 3,000 feet of wire, causing the city's power outages.
As the copper, platinum, aluminum and other metals prices at record highs, theft from vehicle catalytic device and from the power transmission line, a tornado alarm, coal mines and foreclosed house to steal copper wire act more and more common. Sometimes they even destroy the walls of residential foreclosure to get one of the copper wire.