Six St. Paul residents are charged with stealing copper wire from streetlights. They are accused of selling them to a Blaine scrapyard.

Five members of a copper wire theft ring in St. Paul stand accused of causing more than $210,000 in damage for stripping the valuable metal from streetlights. Charges filed by the Ramsey County Attorney's Office last week against the five accuse them of felony energy or telecom damage,

The accused leader completed 31 transactions with a Blaine recycler between Nov. 10 and Jan. 15, receiving $12,169 in total.

A 39-year-old man will serve probation in connection to copper wire theft in St. Paul. Kwi Win was sentenced to serve four days in Ramsey County Jail but had credit for four days already served. He must also serve three years of probation.

Six individuals from St. Paul are charged with stealing copper wire from streetlights and selling them to a scrapyard in Blaine. The crew, led by 41-year-old Kyaw Klay, allegedly caused significant damage to city infrastructure,

Prosecutors have charged five members of an apparent theft ring with stealing copper wire from dozens of streetlights in St. Paul, costing the city more than $200,000.