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Copper Theft Crisis Demands Legislative Fix | Seattle News
Copper theft from the West Seattle Bridge has left the structure in the dark and cost taxpayers over $100,000 to repair, prompting King County prosecutors to demand urgent legislative action. A 47-year-old man has been charged for allegedly impersonating a city worker to pull off the heist, part of a growing regional problem that’s also disrupted Sound Transit trains. Despite a proposed bill (HB 2213) that would have required recyclers to log and hold stolen wire for 10 days—similar to successful catalytic converter theft prevention laws—it failed to pass. Prosecutors and transit agencies now…
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