Comments on: Three Sentenced For Theft Of Copper Wire From International Paper

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:38:40 +0000

Just because some seem more worthy of being robbed than others, does not mean they are, nor would it make theft acceptable.

Just because valuable material is going to a dumpster, does not mean it is going to a dump.

Just because stolen property was eventually returned — some of it anyway — does not mean no harm was done. People are tied-up tracking down scummy thieves, dealing with the law enforcement folks and the justice department.

People who don’t see the problem will likely repeat the problem.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 06:12:13 +0000

Reality Check – you are way off base on what a judge can do.
Perhaps you need a refund on your legal education friend.

By: Travis H.

Travis H. — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:59:21 +0000

Thank you Billy D.

By: Billy D

Billy D — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:22:16 +0000

Travis, thank you for saying what you did. While there’s no excuse for taking property that doesn’t belong to you at least you came forward as a man to admit wrong doing and I hope you can be a better person for realizing and admitting wrong. You’re a better man than some for being up front about it. For that you should hold your head high. Good luck in your future.

By: Travis H.

Travis H. — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:56:46 +0000

It was a poor decision. I’m sure the majority of you have made one or two in your lifetime. Not but one of us had been involved in this “10-15 times.” This was a far cry from stealing an A/C unit off the side of a church. All material taken was going to be thrown in a dumpster. No restitution because I.P. recieved their property back in this case. No property destroyed. Just reputations of ourselves and the ones we worked for. Losing a job that I LOVED was enough of a lesson for me. Being on community control and probation means I am paying the costs of my supervision..not sucking up tax dollars by sitting in jail. For those of you that do not know, community control is basically house arrest. Which is not a walk in the park. I’m ashamed of what I did as I’m sure the others are too. Lessons learned, they don’t go away and they don’t come cheap, regaurdless of what you seem to think..

By: anne

anne — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:45:03 +0000

Just one more warning = Lock any doors to crawl spaces! Vacant homes are stripped of the copper plumbing too.

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:33:41 +0000

PEOPLE….. This is NOT our Judges doing this. The State Attorney offers these deals to the Clients. The only thing the Judges do is allow the deal to be excepted BUT even then he/she cant do much more than the Minimum Mandatory, which after the State gets done refiling the Information and changing the charges to fit their plea deals, there’s not much HE/SHE can add to the sentences. He/She has their hands tied.

You people need to get educated in the way the Criminal System works before you start pointing fingers to “in this case” the WRONG PEOPLE!!!! Not to mention the fact that our Jails are over populated, there are hundreds of new cases coming in every other day, and all these State Employees (State Attorneys, Public Defenders, Clerk of Courts, etc.) have way to large of a case loads and are extremely under budgeted to handle it. Is that their Fault… UMMMM NO, but they have to do whats best with what they are given. (Which is not much)

So start at the Source, be upset with #1 the Criminal, and #2 whomever credited this very Small Budget for those hard working ones trying to handle all these Criminals. Or better yet, quit complaining and do something about it yourself! Go get a Law Degree and making your own change!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:50:21 +0000

Any restitution from the thief’s? Did they run property in the process? A real estate agent showed me several house that had their AC stripped of copper. Who pays the deductible? I agree with you that the sentence seems nonsensical.

By: Madcow

Madcow — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:36:40 +0000

If you are a homeowner or individual citizen: Hide, or put concertina wire or electrified fences around your copper AC/ heat-pump coils, don’t leave copper wiring around construction of a new home
If you are a large company with large deposits of copper wiring or tubing, do all of the above…
These thieves are now incentivized to continue this kind of crime. Thank you Judge promoting Grand Theft of copper.

By: OldMan

OldMan — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:44:42 +0000

10 – 15 times 1200 lbs @ $3.00 a pound, nice haul for a little slap on the wrist. Where do I sign up, I’ll take some of that action. (Parody)