{"id":92049,"date":"2025-05-11T06:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92049\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T06:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:29:08","slug":"police-bust-9-suspects-in-copper-theft-ring-targeting-internet-cables-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92049\/","title":{"rendered":"Police bust 9 suspects in copper theft ring targeting internet cables \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office says it has arrested several people suspected of being part of a crime ring targeting copper within internet lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">JSO said its SCRAP team has been working since October to track down the people who had been posing as utility workers to strip materials from the cables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">Initially, five arrests were made:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steven Midyette<\/li>\n<li>Van Arnold<\/li>\n<li>Darrick Rhoden<\/li>\n<li>Terry Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Donald Tyre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">JSO said surveillance video, witness statements, and further investigation led them to arrest four more suspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Archie Crook<\/li>\n<li>Corttney Kowalski<\/li>\n<li>James Bennett<\/li>\n<li>Leslie Bennett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">Archie Crook is suspected to have been the \u201cring leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">\u201cWhen criminals steal fiber optic cables for copper, you risk losing your high-speed internet access. Plus, when utility companies have to replace stolen cables, guess who\u2019s footing the bill? (You),\u201d said JSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">Police said the alleged thieves were targeting fiber optic cables, although they typically do not contain copper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\">Stolen copper, tools, and illegal drugs were seized through the operation. Each suspect\u2019s charges vary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eIwPdK body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office says it has arrested several people suspected of being part of a crime ring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3161],"tags":[43564,43567,577,43568,3082,14048,43571,43569,43570,53,16,15,43566,43565],"class_list":{"0":"post-92049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-cbs47","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-fox30","12":"tag-internet","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-jacksonville-fl","15":"tag-northeast-florida","16":"tag-southeast-georgia","17":"tag-technology","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-wfox","21":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114487791721800428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}