Chicagoist: Heavy Metal

Sujal

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:49:20 -0600

I have seen a lot of central air conditioning units stolen in Lincoln Park.

kgvs72

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:49:51 -0600

Yeah thieves can't steal my catalytic converter, because I cut mine off. Ha ha.

dwarmstr

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:54:40 -0600

Ingrid, this was a problem when the scrap price of metal was high, as recently as this summer. It is no longer high, and therefore the incentive is long gone. Whatever anecdotes about the thefts are undoubtedly from that time, not now. The auto part that thieves were stealing was the catalytic converter, which has a lot of platinum and palladium in it. An alternator would be a lot of work to get for the copper it has.

Albanyparkour

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:56:39 -0600

@Marcus http://www.bustedtees.com/carcettiformayor

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:51:12 -0600

Albany, I'm a Carcetti man, myself.

Albanyparkour

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:49:34 -0600

@Marcus: Clay Davis would make an excellent replacement for Rahm Emmanuel don't you think? "Shhhhheeeeeeeeeeet"

Ingrid

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:49:14 -0600

dwarmstr, you should read the crime log in my village paper. copper and metal thefts are up. I also heard about lots of cars getting their alternators (I think it's alternators, or whatever it is that has some precious metal in it). Those thefts are up where I live as well. It's not the media, it's happening.

dwarmstr

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:41:00 -0600

Sorry Charlie, this story is full of bunk, as the price of most metals has plummeted with the economy. Copper trades at less than half what it was during the summer, and the rest of the recoverable metals are the same way. This is just media regurgitating a police press conference, and the police announcing the solution to a problem that no longer exists.

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:20:00 -0600

is it strange that every crime story makes me think of a subplot from The Wire? We're a Jesse Jackson, Jr. "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet" away from reality and art blurring...

jimbo

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:18:40 -0600

This town inches closer to becoming Detroit every day

JD84

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:58:00 -0600

Wasn't there a plug for a movie about "scrappers" on Chicagoist back in September...

Ingrid

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:55:10 -0600

I can't even tell you how many times I've been out walking my dogs and I've seen shifty types loitering around the church late at night when nobody is around, or people who obviously don't live in the neighborhood walking through alleys with ladders. I am not in the habit of taking my cell phone with me when I walk the dogs, but I've got to remember to start doing this so I can call cops. Several neighbors of mine have had thousands of dollars worth of copper stolen from their houses in recent years. And to answer your question, Marcus..yes, that guy you described deserves credit, he deserves credit in prison. God how I despise people who take things that don't belong to them. I don't care what it is.