In the last month, five farmers in Dougherty County alone have reported copper thieves stripped more than six thousand feet of wire off their pivots.  And it will cost more than 40 thousand dollars to repair that damage. Investigators say they expect more victims to come forward in the coming weeks.

As he prepares to plant cotton, Stuart Jones discovered four of his irrigation pivots had been hit by copper thieves.

Jones said "We had to come over and start getting the land ready, and then we noticed the wire was gone again. Third time."

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