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Copper wire again taken from Parrish Lane interchange lights

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 6, 2012 - 8:27pm

CENTERVILLE -- The lights are out again on the Legacy Parkway.

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UDOT looks to combat freeway vandalism

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 3:10pm

LAYTON -- The Utah Department of Transportation hopes new signs on Interstate 15 will end a decade's old headache for them.

Starting in Salt Lake County and working their way north, UDOT crews will begin to repair the I-15 lighting system where vandals have damaged it or stolen valuable components. In most cases, thieves have gone after the copper wire in those lighting fixtures.

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Blaine Bowden, 83, stands in his Bountiful workshop, where he uses copper sheeting to create artwork.

Bountiful man's copper creations add light to yards

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 6:08pm

BOUNTIFUL -- Every evening as the sun dips below the horizon, the handiwork of 83-year-old Blaine Bowden brings light to the gardens and flower beds of many homes throughout Utah.

From his small basement workshop, Bowden takes rolls of copper sheeting and turns them into unique outdoor lighting fixtures, creative grasshoppers, and beautiful bird feeders.

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Exonerated man seeks compensation after his arrest for burglary

Tim Gurrister, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 10:48pm

OGDEN -- A Riverdale man accepts the fact he's out the 39 days he spent in jail before his charges were dismissed.

He'd settle for getting back the $300 it cost to get his car out of impound. Police seized it pursuant to arrest, before he became an innocent man.

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Ogden copper burglary charges dismissed

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, April 4, 2011 - 10:45pm

OGDEN — Burglary charges have been dismissed against two men after their alleged violations boiled down to a misunderstanding over salvage rights.

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Two men suspected of stealing copper wire

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 10:22pm

OGDEN — Two men were booked into the Weber County Jail on Saturday evening after police say they were caught taking copper wiring from a closed motel.

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