Three individuals may be getting coal in their stockings this year after the San Pablo Police Department caught them red-handed with a sizable loot of stolen copper wire. In a routine patrol, cops spotted a stolen vehicle cruising through the city. Upon stopping the ride, officers detained the trio and unearthed approximately 600 pounds of copper wire inside, as the San Pablo Police detailed in a recent Facebook post.
A representative from AT&T arrived on the scene to identify the wire, declaring it stolen property belonging to the telecommunications giant and valuing the cache at roughly $10,000. "These suspects earned themselves a spot on Santa’s naughty list," the police quipped.
The suspects' holiday spirits were further dampened as they were booked into the county jail, with the stolen wire returned to AT&T and the vehicle reinstated to its rightful owner.
