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ABQ Tries to Break Its Heavy Metal Habit with New Copper Theft Law - City Desk ABQ

The proposal would require check-only payments, a 15-day hold and next-day reporting as officials target rising wire theft and vandalism.

Summary by citydesk.org
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — Drivers and pedestrians are navigating dark stretches of East Central Avenue after copper thieves have ripped wiring from streetlights, prompting a pair of city councilors to tighten Albuquerque’s scrap metal recycling laws in an effort to curb the vandalism. Rather than creating a new law, Councilors Renée Grout and Tammy Fiebelkorn proposed O-26-32 to expand the city’s 2023 catalytic converter ordinanc…

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citydesk.org broke the news on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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