Comments on: Man Busted Trying To Sell Stolen Copper Wire

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:03:32 +0000

He could have said I found it on the side of the road and no one could have proved otherwise. The point being I do not believe Mr Hawkes set out to steal from Thyssenkrupp, he saw the wire on the ground and presumed it was going to be discarded.

He may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but it does not sound to me like he is a hardcore thief, just uninformed. It might not be a bad idea to brief all employees regarding scrap materiel and have them sign off acknowledging the briefing. I pick up nuts and bolts, washers, screws when I see them on the ground, a good piece of copper wire too.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:25:53 +0000

We don’t hate the guy – we hate the thief. Love the sinner, hate the sin.

@ amom

Regardless of how you feel about “good” materials being buried, they do belong to the company, and therefore are the company’s to dispose of as they wish. Since permission was not given to take the wire, it was stolen. That’s pretty black and white to me.

If you think it’s criminal to “waste” materials this way, do something about it by calling your local representatives. Most companies would love to donate unused, unneeded materials for worthy projects, even if to just get the tax credit for charitable donations! Don’t defend criminal actions by qualifying when it’s OK to steal and when it’s not.

By: Abe

Abe — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:07:06 +0000

@ Postal- I’m assuming they mean very large heavy wire. I’m sure Wise is on high alert after the mess they had a few months back. They saw this stuff and called the cops.

By: family

family — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:12:44 +0000

His Family is NOT proud of him.. But they all do still LOVE him..

By: Postal Pete

Postal Pete — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:47:08 +0000

You folks must really hate this guy.
I know that I don’t know everything, but I have been pulling wire since 1984: can someone explain to me what industrial grade copper wire is?

By: brent

brent — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:44:43 +0000

Almost every time NE.com reports about those who commit crimes, the bleeding hearts come out of the woodwork about ” oh he was a good guy, “she didn’t mean to do it” ENOUGH ALREADY! they made the choice to live outside the law for whatever reason… to feed the kids, a drug habit… they steal, they maim, they murder…they are criminals put them away for a long time…we need to send the message loud and clear …were fed up and were not going to back down… the teen that got 20 years…good riddance! same with this thief go to jail, directly to jail… and to those that want to rebut this…dont waste your breath…have a nice day

By: Max

Max — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:44:38 +0000

To amom, stealing is WRONG. You are reading the Bible wrong, cause its in there. Scripture twisting FAIL.

By: a mom

a mom — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:14:00 +0000

Okay~ I know his family and they are good people. And no, they would not be proud…neither would you if it were yours. Maybe he did wrong, but if you ever worked at huge plants, you’d know that they haul off and bury or whatever good, reusable stuff all the time. They’d rather destroy it so no one else could get any good out of it. That is a crime! I’m sorry this happened, maybe he needed something for his family and couldn’t afford it otherwise~at least he was working, trying to provide for his family instead of like soooo many who just sit at home, making babies so they can get a bigger paycheck and more foodstamps! Walk a while in someone else’s shoes before being mean and hurtful. If you or any of yours have NEVER made a mistake (however large or small) count your blessings, but just remember, “whatever you cause to happen to others, good or bad, God will cause to happen to you” What goes around comes around~

By: fred

fred — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:34:51 +0000

He’s just a plain thief, it has nothing to do with economic times, he’s just a common low life thief who takes others’ property. If there were no market for stolen copper tubing and wire, this stuff would slow down. Fortunately, Wise did the right thing. Maybe the other scrapyards will follow suit.

By: ammo22

ammo22 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:00:56 +0000

I knew this guy when we were younger and about a year or so ago my uncle who lives in Mobile called me to see what kind of person he was because he was trying to get a job working for him. I told my uncle that from what I remembered that he was a pretty good guy. Well just a few months later my uncle had to fire him because he was doing the same thing. He stole a bunch of power tools and was taking them to local pawn shops over there. Oh well…I hope he’s convicted and does a little time.