Holy Crap.. My Local Lowe's was hit! Copper Theft!

in my area the lowes store has all of the brass valves, and fittings,copper pipe & line, wiring and extension cords in one section....there is a worker who is there monitoring it at all times...and the biggest part of the items are locked up..the day time manager is my cousin and he told me .people were going in and loading buggies full of the stuff up and running out the doors...even if alarms went off at the door they just kept on going..

the worst thing about it is that even if they get caught, it is just a slap on the wrist..in the state of ohio .as long as you do not steal over 1000 dollars worth of merchandise it is only a misdemenor charge..no matter how many times you get caught...they realy need to change some of those laws up a bit..in the end it costs me and you a small fortune in raised prices