Hays Business Reports Copper Wire Theft

Yet another business, this time in Hays, reports thieves have stolen an expesive roll of copper wire. Sheriff deputies say the high resale value of copper is the reason the county had been seing so much stolen recently. In this case, the thief opened the door to a chicken house and made off with an 800 to 1-thousand-foot roll of copper wire worth about 800 dollars. The burglar also took some water pipe, valued at 300-dollars. Deputies have released no further information about the case.