COLUMBUS – Ohio continues to lead the nation in metal thefts, with 1,446 insurance claims made last year, according to a new report.
A National Insurance Crime Bureau report released Wednesday said the state reported more than 4,000 claims from 2011 through 2013 from homes and businesses, nearly all copper thefts.
That's about a third more claims than second-place Texas and about 40 percent more than third-place California, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The 1,446 claims last year in Ohio is about flat with the number in 2012 and up from 1,232 in 2011.
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