Residents are frightened as blocks of residential neighborhoods are left in total darkness as copper thieves continue ...

It's unclear what charges the man may face. The article Thief Shocked Trying Steal Copper Wire From PECO Box: Reports appeared first on Philadelphia Patch.

Thieves in Parkland used a forklift to steal $55,000 worth of copper wire and cables on the morning of April 4.

Power was knocked out for about 1,000 homes and businesses in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Thursday after police said a man tried to steal copper wire from a transformer box owned by PECO ...

A man has suffered burns all over his body after police said he was shocked by a transformer box while trying to steal copper wire in Philadelphia's Bustleton neighborhood. According to police ...