COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) — It's a bold and costly crime wave sweeping through Commerce City: Thieves are targeting copper wiring in broad daylight.

Investigators say it's happening everywhere. Outside businesses, along highways and even in neighborhoods. It took two officers just to lift one spool of copper, weighing nearly 300 pounds, from a recent bold theft.

"It seems like it's been a little more active lately," said Derek Aragon, Detective Sergeant with the Commerce City Police Department. "I think the numbers show that we've probably doubled in the rash of thefts in the last six months."

Police in Commerce City say they're seeing a surge: Seven thefts in just September alone. That's double the norm, and the criminals are not exactly subtle.

From plowing through locked gates wit

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