Thieves pull off start’s largest copper heist #news #shorts

It's being called the biggest copper wiring theft in our state's history. Thieves made off with thousands of feet of copper wiring from right under the State Department of Transportation's nose.

Judging by the extent of what was stolen, the DOT says the thieves were working underneath the freeway for weeks. It looks like an ordinary day on the H3 freeway. Lights are working and traffic flowing but right underneath the deck of this viaduct is the scene of the largest copper heist the State Department of Transportation has ever seen.

The bridge inspectors went this week to inspect the bridge and when they went inside the boxcurt itself they found a lot of the wire was taken.

So far the DOT says more than six miles of the copper wiring network was stripped away. The wiring provided lights and power to the inspectors so they could check the structural integrity of the freeway.

We inspected that area two years ago and everything was fine there. So it just happened within... it's kind of recent. So it just happened within... it's kind of recent.

HPD's criminal investigation team went down to...