Internet Outage In Kenly Area Linked To Copper Theft
KENLY, N.C. — A theft of hundreds of feet of copper wiring disrupted internet service in a Kenly neighborhood.
Brightspeed reported that around 5:26 p.m. on March 7, crews responded to an outage near the intersection of Richardson Drive and Hamp Drive. Upon investigation, a repair technician discovered that a thief had stolen approximately 600 feet of copper wiring.
The stolen wiring is valued at roughly $10,000, and the incident caused an estimated $5,000 in additional damage to the network.
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation into the theft. No arrests have been reported, and authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Such copper thefts can have widespread consequences, from service disruptions to costly repairs.
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They’re stealing everything they can get their hands on in eastern Johnston County. For some crazy reason They’re out on bail the next day and don’t miss a lick going right back stealing. They’ve stolen over 10k from me and were seen stealing a mower in broad daylight …pulling it down the Hi way with a motorcycle and 4 wheeler just a couple days after being let go on bail. This is a big operation as they must have a way to move so much stolen property so fast. I truly believe there’s a salvage yard or employee somewhere working directly with the thieves.
6000 feet ??? Somebody knows who did it..And all scrap yards have likely been alerted to..
I just want to know
……how can someone steal that much copper and no one sees them do it? IT IS A SHAME because the customers will end up paying for the copper in their bills. It is already expensive enough. I hate a thief! Get a job and stop stealing. It would had been something if they had got shocked and fried. Smh
It doesn’t take a genius to know all they have to do is go see who just came to the scrap yard with 600 feet of copper. Mystery solved
People are smarter than that. Will sell a little at a time to different places.
Poverty creates crime. JOCO Should think about that next time they want to double everyone’s property taxes and charge 400 plus a month just for f**king electricity. No one should be out stealing copper but don’t force the unfortunate to do extreme things. If you yuppies expect people to live without food you can live without internet a few days. I don’t support crime but hope that copper put some food in a child’s stomach.
Given that it was Brightspeed, nobody noticed the difference
sounds to me like you folks oughta meet down at the courthouse and tell the CORRUPT JUDICIAL SYSTEM that you demand more from the judges/magistrates…… bet yall wont do that however………………….
@larry: Of course they won’t…. they’d rather re-elect the same judges and DAs year-after-year.
This is not a poverty issue or a big crime ring. This is people who have lived here for decades that are entitled and addicts. They do not sell the copper all at once. They separate it into different quantities and have multiple of their friends sell it. Y’all sound silly and ridiculous on a public forum arguing about this. I cannot believe y’all have no shame in displaying your idiocy so freely. Electing the same officials have nothing to do with this. If you don’t understand laws, then you don’t understand them. If someone can make bail that’s the legal way. This stems all the way up the chain not just on a county level. Grow up.