Florida Atlantic Football Player Busted for Stealing 400 Pounds of…Copper Wire?

Wait…what? I guess there’s a huge market for 400-pounds of copper wire these days.  There must be, otherwise, why would Cortez Ash, a cornerback on the Florida Atlantic football team, risk his college football career by (allegedly) stealing, then trying to fence, a bunch of copper wire. Chances are that Ash probably would have lost his football scholarship from the Sun Belt Conference school anyway, seeing that the 19-year-old and his associate tried selling the 400-pounds of copper wire back to the scrap yard that they pilfered it from in the first place. Smart move?  I think not. From TCPalm.com… Security cameras at Indian River Scrap in the 4600 block of 45th Street show two men on the property at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the Sheriff’s Office said. The suspects broke through a fence and dragged the copper wiring underneath the fence, according to the affidavits. The burglary was reported by the owners at 8:25 a.m. Saturday. About 2 hours later, Cortez Ash...