Copper Thieves Robbing Coahoma County Right in Front of Our Eyes
Copper Thieves Robbing Coahoma County
Right in Front of Our Eyes
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Clarksdalian’s know the site: “A rare bluff in the Mississippi Delta at the edge of Clarksdale, Mississippi and around the historic house of the city founder’s daughter.”
The Coahoma County Higher Education Center in Clarksdale in the Mississippi Delta.
We have seen it transform in recent years into a center for higher education. We are talking about our beloved Cutrer Mansion and it’s new addition called the Coahoma County Higher Education Center; a joint effort between Delta State University and Coahoma Community College.
Sadly, what has been going on there unbeknownst to most is a lesson in “how to rob someone and not get caught.”
From the front of the building, all appears well. It is a needful addition, although it has no design feature that ties it to it’s partner, the historical Cutrer Mansion, but that’s another story for another day. It is tasteful, stoic, and covered in beautiful, expensive, easy-to-steal, difficult-to-trace copper; or, shall we say, it used to be covered in copper.
As we wandered the empty campus to photograph the larceny, we were completely hidden from public view. Safe. Alone. A thief’s delight. After awhile, it became spooky just hanging around the place, knowing one might scream and never be heard.
We recently read in the Mississippi Business Journal about some scrap metal thieves who are stealing bridge supports. This sparked our memory of the day we documented what had been pilfered from our community.
When you ride by, turn your head and see for yourself. They have become brazen. They are robbing us right in front of our eyes. MM
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I thought that Wood Security caught some of the thieves a while back??
That is good news! We took these photos over a month ago. When were they caught? Has it stopped? I hope so.
Hey Madge! I sat down a couple of months ago with Jen and she told me that Wood Security had caught someone … you know as well as I that there was probably more than one person doing it. Not sure if it stopped completely after the arrest … ? Hopefully, they will be able to soon better secure the grounds because that place has so much potential to do good things!