Large amount of copper wire stolen

A manager at an asphalt company in Post Falls told law enforcement officers that $1,800 worth of copper wire had been stolen from the business.

According to a Kootenai County Sheriff's Office report, the business, Poe Asphalt, had contracted another company to bring in a transformer trailer for a crushing job in a gravel pit near its offices.

When a deputy arrived at Poe Asphalt, he was told by the manager three "large copper wires" wre removed from the trailer.

The manager added that the wire weighed "several hundred pounds" and would have required at least two people and a vehicle to remove it from the pit.