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East County News Service
August 1, 2018 (Santee) - Thieves left Santee Sportsplex in the dark last week, making off with about $200 worth of copper electrical wiring stolen out of power boxes late Thursday night or early Friday morning. But the theft cost the complex around $8,000, forcing cancellation of 15 youth and adult baseball and soccer games, NBC 7 reports.
Lights, scoreboards and other equipment were left inoperable, requiring major repairs. The facility is upgrading to install costlier theft-resistant equipment.
The theft comes soon after an earlier heist of copper wiring from Santana High School, also in Santee.
According to the Sheriff’s department, the thieves have electrical skills.
Clipping the wrong wires can be dangerous. Copper thieves elsewhere have been electrocuted, suffering burns or even death.
If you have any information on the copper wire thefts in San Diego’s East County, please call the San Diego Sheriff’s Santee substation.
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My apologies Miriam
Thank you, grandfather.
It's certainly okay to respond to inflammatory posts, or even alert me if they break site rules. If we all respond in a rational and respectful manner even to posts that seek to rile us up, we're all better for it.
kevin rodgers posting lame retorts as usual
Grandfather
I've deleted a post of Kevin's and posted a caution to him on another to post respect our site rules. His remark suggseting you wanted to "kill kids" for suggesting a thief who gets a shock may get what they deserve was over the top, as was his name calling.
Please do the same and avoid personal attacks; suggesting someone is off their meds is not respectful, just as Kevin's posts were disrespectful two.
Everyone -- I've left both these posts up as guidelines to show what's appropriate here and not.
We encourage RESPECTFUL and CIVIL dialogue, just be courteous. It was okay for Grandfather to suggset thieves may get what they deserve and also okay for Kevin to object to wishing anyone harmed, noting that thieves could be kids. It's just the phrasing in questions.
Please limit comments to discussing the merits or lack thereof in the issues raised in comments here, not attacking the posters personally.
We value everyone's views and input, and we're trying to elevate the quality of conversations here to encourage real discussions of issues, not flamethrowing against people who hold different opinions.
Thanks to all for caring about our community!
Grandfather approves KIll the kids!
Kevin:
Electrocution can just mean getting a shock, according to the dictionary. I don't think Grandfather meant he wanted to see thieves killed. And we don't know if the thieves were kids or adults. Please avoid personal insults. I will caution others here who engaged in insults or name calling to avoid it, too. Keep the disdcussion civil. You do raise a valid point that punishments should fit the crime. I have deleted another post of yours here that violated site rules with some pretty vile name calling. Suggesting someone wants kids dead is pretty bad too.
miriamg I apologize
Thank you, Kevin.
I appreciate the apologies from both you and Grandfather. We value everyone's opinions and I know it is hard to stay calm when people feel passionately about issues, but I appreciate the efforts to keep the dialogue informative and civil.
Left Eating Left it has to stop....
Electrocution for an electrical copper wire thief?
Electrocution for an electrical copper wire thief?