ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thieves targeting businesses to steal their copper wiring are on the rise according to new data collected by PNM, which is urging businesses and homeowners to be vigilant.
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“April, we were working normal day and in the afternoon, I want to say it was around 1:00 p.m., we heard an explosion and two seconds later all the lights shut off,” said Stephanie Henderson, chief business officer for Family Medicine, PC, and the owner of the Eubank Medial Plaza. She says she couldn’t believe it when she realized: they were in the dark because of a thief.
“Somebody had taken a truck, backed it up to the transformer, ripped open the doors, and ripped out main copper wire that feeds the entire building for electricity. It was a mess,” Henderson said.