Thieves Target Vintage Bronze Light Poles in Pasadena

In a series of brazen thefts, suspects recently managed to make off with nearly a dozen vintage street light poles in Pasadena, police reported April 10. Using a truck and chains to either ram and dislodge the bronze poles or yank them off their foundations, suspects then dragged their haul off in the darkest hours of night, with four separate incidents occurring over the past 10 days, according to authorities. In the most recent attempt, suspects fled when a resident called the police, leaving a large rusted metal chain around one of the poles. “Thieves have no concern for history or aesthetics. They simply want to steal something valuable,” Paul Little, president of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, told The Epoch Times via email. “Like copper wire thefts, the criminals saw an opportunity to take unguarded property and sell it to some unscrupulous after-market enterprise.”...