Twice last week, officers with the Houston Police Department responded to reports of theft of copper and other materials from commercial locations.
An officer was dispatched at about 7:20 a.m. Nov. 26 to a construction site at Texas County Memorial Hospital, where a representative of JE Dunn Construction stated that numerous copper items, with a total value of $2,338 had been stolen.
On Nov. 28, an officer was dispatched at about 9 a.m. to the CenturyLink property on Second Street in Houston, where a representative of the company said that sometime between 5 p.m. the previous day and 8 a.m. that morning, someone had cut a chain on a entry gate and swiped wire, cable and other items with a total value of $4,651.
There are no suspects in either case, but investigation of both continues.