The AT&T Central Office in Ferguson has been recently impacted by copper wire theft. Security footage shows other instances where theft occurred, and AT&T technicians explain how this affects service outages.Â
FERGUSON — AT&T workers didn’t have to go far to find the vandalism of copper thieves who are “causing havoc†to the telecommunications industry.
Ray Cortivo, an AT&T technician, holds a telecom cable next to a bucket of similar but scorched cable copper wires in Ferguson, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The burnt wires were confiscated from thieves who stole the cables and burned the paper off to isolate the copper.
Liz Rymarev, Post-Dispatch
Charlie Means, an AT&T technician, shows where metal that protected electrical wiring was sawed through, on the roof of the company’s central office in Ferguson, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The electrical unit was torn apart and copper wiring was stolen.
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Ray Cortivo, an AT&T technician, holds a telecom cable next to a bucket of similar but scorched cable copper wires in Ferguson, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The burnt wires were confiscated from thieves who stole the cables and burned the paper off to isolate the copper.
Charlie Means, an AT&T technician, shows where metal that protected electrical wiring was sawed through, on the roof of the company’s central office in Ferguson, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The electrical unit was torn apart and copper wiring was stolen.
