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Some Baltimore streets are getting darker at night because thieves are stealing 30-foot light poles, presumably to sell as scrap metal. About 130 aluminum light poles have disappeared in the last several weeks.

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How do you steal a 30-foot light pole? I remember reading in The Corner that people would break into houses, steal the plumbing, and sell the plumbing for scrap metal.