5 arrested for stealing electricity at illegal encampment in southeast Houston, police say

Police say they arrested five men on Wednesday for stealing electricity to power a southeast Houston homeless encampment.

Workers at a warehouse next door on Canniff Street say that someone had connected a jumper cable to the top of a power pole.

On Thursday, you could still see a power strip hanging from a tree while a ladder sat nearby…

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