Men Posing As AT&T Workers Stole Copper From Little Falls Business, Charges Say

By Allen Henry, CBS Minnesota

May 22, 2024

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — Two men are accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of copper from a rural Minnesota business while posing as phone technicians.

The crew at Fallsnet knows firsthand how much copper theft has increased recently. The Little Falls internet provider had to pay $5,000 to fix the damage of stolen equipment in two incidents last year.

"Most of the time, it's not for days, or even weeks later that, that you find that the stuff has been broken into and stuff that's missing," said Kenten Gangestad, co-owner of Fallsnet.

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