That's bush league,

30 yrs ago I remember 2 crazy cases of aluminum theft.

1st, guys came in and completely cut up and removed all the aluminum bleachers at local high school, BOTH sides of the field
2nd, guys were using chain saws to cut down the aluminium light poles on FL turnpike, they got quite a few, then 1 of them got zapped and went to the great recycler in the sky......