Arizona Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Tucson Copper Wire Thefts

Authorities said Robert Joseph Carillo caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to city streetlights.

Pedestrians walk past a vandalized high voltage electric box on the 6th Street Viaduct, on Aug. 27, 2024, in Los Angeles, which has been damaged by copper wire theft. Damian Dovarganes/The Canadian Press

An Arizona man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of copper wire from streetlights across Tucson, authorities say.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that Robert Joseph Carrillo, 51, was also ordered to serve a consecutive five-year term of probation and pay $46,582 in restitution.