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I was recently summoned for jury selection.
It was the first time I had ever been called upon for jury duty. The
process took all day, and early that afternoon, I was selected to be on a jury.
It was a burglary case in which a man was accused of breaking into a business,
stealing thousands of pounds of copper, taking the metal to a recycling center,
and selling it for cash. The prices of many metals have risen recently, with Copper
prices being no exception. If you have a lot of scrap metal lying around,
Many dishonest people are taking advantage of the situation that Copper prices have brought. They do not have any of their own copper to haul in, so they steal from people who do. Most often, the people are business owners. Their businesses are being burglarized so that someone else can profit. Some have insurance, and their losses are recouped. Others do not, and their only hope for recouping their losses is the hope that the thieves will be caught and forced to pay restitution.
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