A 30-year-old man suspected of stealing copper electrical wiring from Long Beach streetlights was arrested on suspicion of theft and vandalism, police said Thursday.
Saul Chavez Viveros, of Long Beach, was arrested around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday when a Long Beach Police Department sergeant on patrol spotted a person tampering with a city light fixture on Orange Avenue near 36th Street in the Cal Heights area, police said.
Viveros was detained and then found to be in possession of about 39 pounds of wiring believed to have been stolen from city lights, police said. He also allegedly had tools used to steal wiring.
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Investigators subsequently found evidence that city light fixtures had been vandalized in the 3500 and 3600 blocks of Orange Avenue, police said. Vivero was booked on suspicion of grand theft and felony vandalism…