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By Jonathan Sutton, Staff Writer
From climbing cellphone towers to prying up funeral markers, criminals in Oklahoma City are willing to go a long way to cash in on valuable metals.
For many looking for a quick buck, stealing copper, aluminum, bronze, steel and lead, among others, can be worth the risk of fines, jail time and even electrocution.
Anyone can be a victim, including schools, construction sites, cellphone companies, oil and gas sites and utility companies.
Copper wire theft has cost Oklahoma Gas and Electric $130 million since 2005, spokeswoman Karen Kurtz said.
It also cost one Oklahoma City man his life in 2008 when he was shocked by a live power line while trying to steal the copper.
“It’s expensive.
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