Arrests Made in Copper Theft

Texarkana Texas Police have solved the latest case involving the theft of copper wire.

On August 10th at 5:55am, Texarkana, Texas Police Officers responded to the area of W.5th St. and Bowie St. in reference to a suspicious persons call.

Police had been notified about two males walking in the middle of the road carrying an
air conditioning unit. When officers arrived they found an A/C unit sitting in the middle
of the road and two males that matched the description of the suspects approximately
30 yards away.

Officers were able to determine that the two suspects, Thomas Wright,
25, of Texarkana, Texas and Earl Simms, 41, of Texarkana, Texas had stolen the A/C
unit from a Church in the 1700 block of W.6th St. Simms and Wright were arrested and
transported to jail. Simms was booked on Theft (material-copper) and Pedestrian in
Roadway (walked in roadway with traffic) charges. Wright was booked for a Theft
(material-copper) charge.

Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the Texarkana Texas Police Department at 903-798-3116 or Crime Stoppers at 903-793-STOP (7867).