ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis Circuit Court judge signed an arrest warrant for an Illinois man accused of stealing copper wiring in a south city neighborhood.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable cause statement, the theft occurred on May 7 in the 3100 block of Texas Avenue in Benton Park West.
On May 9, AT&T contacted authorities to report 200 feet of 900 pair aerial copper cable had been taken from an active utility pole. The stolen wire has an estimated value of around $3,000…