The theft of copper wire from railroad tracks in Texarkana, Ark., in April created a public hazard, a prosecutor said.
Prosecutors in Miller County, Ark., formally charged Jeffrey Duane Procella, 39, last week in theft of metal and felony criminal mischief in the removal of signal wire from a Union Pacific Corp. railroad track in Texarkana.
When signal wire is damaged, the flow of critical railroad information is disrupted. Malfunctioning signals have the potential to cause a train wreck.
Read more from Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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