{"id":9641,"date":"2019-02-08T15:34:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=9641"},"modified":"2019-02-08T15:34:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:34:24","slug":"copper-wire-theft-suspects-sought-in-waverley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=9641","title":{"rendered":"Copper wire theft suspects sought in Waverley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WAVERLEY: <\/strong>The theft of copper wire along with property damage at a N.S. Power substation in Waverley that occurred between Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 is under investigation by police.<\/p>\n<p>In a release on Feb. 8, Halifax District RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Lisa Croteau said officers are investigating the incident that took place on Waverley Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometime between February 6 at 11 a.m. and February 7 at 8 a.m., the suspect(s)\u00a0drove a large vehicle into the locked gate of a fence surrounding\u00a0a substation on Waverley Rd. in Waverley,&#8221; said Cpl. Croteau. &#8220;As a result, the gate was forced open and the fence was damaged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said the suspect(s)\u00a0then stole copper wire from\u00a0several different areas, which would have taken some time to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect(s) also\u00a0broke into a trailer\u00a0within the substation, where they\u00a0stole an electric heater and slings for carrying tools,&#8221; said Cpl. Croteau. &#8220;The combined theft, damage and\u00a0human resource costs\u00a0to re-install\u00a0replacement copper wire\u00a0is estimated to be approximately $5,000.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cpl. Croteau said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Nova Scotia Power prohibits public access to its substations and other facilities that contain high voltage electrical equipment due to the high risk to personal and public safety. Anyone who unlawfully enters these premises is risking severe injuries to themselves and significant damage to onsite equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP would like anyone who has information about these thefts or the sale of this copper wire to contact Halifax District RCMP at\u00a0902\u00a0490-5020.<\/p>\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a><\/u>, or use the P3 Tips App.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAVERLEY: The theft of copper wire along with property damage at a N.S. Power substation in Waverley that occurred between Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 is under investigation by police. In a release on Feb. 8, Halifax District RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Lisa Croteau said officers are investigating the incident that took place on Waverley Road. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[259,2,260,14,258,16],"class_list":["post-9641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-copper-wire","tag-fall-river","tag-n-s-power","tag-rcmp","tag-theft","tag-waverley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}