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STOPPING THE COPPERHEADS
CopperStoppers is a program created by CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County, in collaboration with merchants and business associations, to fight the theft and illegal sales, purchases and transportation out of town of copper and other scrap metals.
Copper stripped by thieves from wiring, appliances, plumbing or electrical boxes may bring hundreds of dollars when sold to scrap metal buyers, but the removal often results in tens of thousnds of dollars in damages to homes, apartments, churches, utilities and other facilities. Call CrimeStoppers at 528-CASH (2274) for special CopperStoppers awards. Up to $1,000 is available for information leading to arrests.
Help stop the criminals - we call them "copperheads" - from hurting homeowners and merchants and from causing economic harm to our community.
Cop•per•head
n. any venomous critter who takes, sells, transports or buys stolen metal.
How it Harms
Here’s how copper and scrap metal thieves — and the illegal buyers and sellers who deal with them — are stealing our city’s economic future:
Homes — Ripped apart.
Appliances — Ruined or stolen.
Investors — Scared away.
Tax Base — Greatly reduced.
Homeowners — Dreams ended.
Blight — Growing worse.
For all these reasons, the whole community must work together to stop the thieves — the copperheads.
If YOU know or suspect there is copper theft happening in your neighborhood, call 528-CASH now.
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