Online database helps nab copper thieves

An Arkansas electric utility found thieves trying to sell the 2,000 pounds of copper wire they stole from a construction site by checking out Metal Theft Investigation System (MTIS), part of LeadsOnline, an online investigative system used by law ...
Nov. 10, 2010

An Arkansas electric utility found thieves trying to sell the 2,000 pounds of copper wire they stole from a construction site by checking out Metal Theft Investigation System (MTIS), part of LeadsOnline, an online investigative system used by law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes. Details