Copper thieves have been ravaging the county of late, striking at homes, businesses and public utilities alike. A Mansfield landscaping and irrigation business reported that over $15,000 worth of copper wire was stolen sometime between 5 p.m. Aug 13 and 7 a.m. Aug. 14. An employee came in Thursday morning to find someone had cut the chain on a storage container and taken 47 rolls of irrigation wire.