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Sheriff Says Couple Scaled Utility Pole to Cut Wires, Steal Copper

Louis BausCynthia Hamm

Louis Baus (left) and Cynthia Hamm. (PHOTOS SUPPLIED)

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Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Des Plaines woman is free on bond, while her boyfriend remains in the Cook County Jail after they were arrested after allegedly scaling a utility pole and cutting utility lines in an effort to steal the copper inside those wires, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday.

Louis Baus, 36, and Cynthia Hamm, 32, of the 2900 block of North Curtis Street…

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