Stealing copper

A search has ended without finding a man reported missing after authorities say he went to steal copper from the Upper Big Branch mine. The Register-Herald reports a statement from mine owner Alpha Natural Resources says the man couldn’t be located after a two-day search. West Virginia State Police had said David Lee Adkins’ wife reported him missing Tuesday. She told authorities her husband and other men had been stealing copper inside the shuttered mine. Two other men were arrested last week.