Residents are afraid that residential street blocks are left in complete darkness while copper thieves continue to target street lamps in the Los Veles neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Neighborhoods say thieves target voltage boxes and steal the largest possible copper wire.
“When someone lift the covers, there is a high -voltage Coppers and they cut all the wires.”
Viturable boxes target thieves on copper wires in Los Veles. (Ktla) Rick Chambers stands at KTLA in the darkness of the stadium in one of the affected neighborhoods without the help of camera lamps or street lamps on April 10, 2025. (KTLA) One of the streets of Los Veles neighborhood is seen in broad daylight. (Ktla) The Los Willez neighborhoods are mostly affected by ancient street factories. (Ktla) The thief of copper wire stolen and left an entire living in Los Veles in the dark. Viturable boxes target thieves on copper wires in Los Veles. (Ktla)
A security camera in the neighborhood recently caught a suspect in this law. When the wires are cut, the entire streets are left in the dark on the field.
“He leaves everything dark, about two streets up and down,” said Jolly Pascal, a resident.
“When I go for a picnic at night, you don’t want the journey and fall,” said John Felk, one of the neighbors. “We also don’t want to be stolen. There are no longer lights.”
Some neighbors said that it is not only a threat to safety, but it creates a major opportunity for the theft who wants easy coverage.
“All the lights are extinguished and are dark at night,” said Barbara Wright. “It scares me. I am afraid to go out. [My neighbor] He was stolen across the street not long ago, so this is frightening. “
“We have had interruptions in our cars and now we have no lights so we are more fearful than it might happen at night,” Sarah Yun said.
Felk and Randy Lapardi clarified the brochures in the region, drawing attention to many safety issues in the dark streets.
Despite the complaints of the city’s leaders, they claim that nothing has been done to prevent the ongoing theft.
In a statement to KTLA, council member Nitia Raman, who represents the region, said it is familiar with this issue and is working closely to ensure that lights are repaired as soon as possible to ensure that the neighborhood is safe while extinguishing lights.
“To give us a schedule of any place from two months to year?” Lapardi said. “This seems somewhat long. I don’t understand why they can’t just reach its repair now.”
“If you are paying 28,000 dollars as a half of the annual property tax bill, can I get some lights, please?
While the residents are waiting for impending repairs, many have installed movement detectors outside their homes to arrest or deter any latent thieves.