Witnesses helped lead to an arrest in South Kitsap, but vandalism that causes outages continues to happen around Puget Sound.

Authorities explained that thieves are melting the copper to sell it since scrapyards have restrictions on what they can buy.

(WJTV) – Copper wire theft is an issue that the Jackson Police ... to busting up illegal businesses across the city that help melt and sell copper. “Copper in a large quantity can give you ...