BATON ROUGE - Deputies arrested a man for stealing copper wire from Cox Communications, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said.

Adam Wayne Kelley, 42, was connected to thousands of dollars worth of copper wire from private property as well as multiple recent incidents involving copper wire cut from Cox Communications infrastructure in the same vicinity, deputies said.

During the investigation, detectives also recovered numerous stripped copper wire casings at his residence.

Kelley was booked on charges of theft, criminal trespass, and possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance.