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Dec 16, 2008 6:49 pm US/Eastern

Thieves Take Advantage Of Power Outages

Robbing Homes, Stealing Copper From Downed Wires

KINGSTON, N.H. (AP) ― Police in several New Hampshire towns have seen in an increase in burglaries as thieves take advantage of empty homes without electricity.

Some towns have increased police patrols in blacked-out neighborhoods. In Kingston, Police Chief Donald Briggs called in the National Guard. He say when he heard about thefts and burglaries in other towns, he wanted to make sure his residents were protected.

Police say some of the homes that have been hit in Hollis, Fremont and elsewhere had security systems, but the power has been off so long, the batteries were dead.

Thieves also have targeted gas-powered generators and have stolen copper wires from downed telephone poles.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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