Thieves strip Chatsworth street lights

Copper wire thieves at it again, knocking out street lighting in a Chatsworth neighborhood. One resident telling Fox 11 exclusively he was told it could be a year before it's fixed. A year. Christina Gonzalez joining us live from Chatsworth. The story you'll see only on Fox 11. Christina. And you know, and they actually have this on video. They've reached out to 311. We've reached out to street and lighting services. But when you're talking about a year, the best way to show you this is there's street lights up and down the street. I'm going to step out of the way. Let's show you what it looks like without our camera light. This is how dark it is down the street. It's pitch black. And it seems that they have video of who did this. Take a look. Just fighting those wires to get them out. You're looking at security video of someone seemingly struggling to pull wires from inside a light pole in Chatsworth, where residents shared the images with Fox 11. One man is the lookout, sort of. On the video, one person seems to be standing by as the other one works on the pole opening. And they eventually walk away, and close-up images show the fistful of wires. Pulled from light poles along Kingsbury and Loreline, where residents say the streetlights are out and the exposed wires are dangerous. Yes, it's live. See that? That's 120 voltage power. This resident happens to be an electrician who says he reported this to the city. Nine. Months, approximately nine months to a year until the city says they can come out and fix it. He called Fox 11 because a few years back we did a story about homes burglarized in the area. A bad reality show in the backyard starring a couple of scary guys. When I was broken into, Fox TV came out right away, helped me issue it, and the crime was solved. From your help, they posted the picture, and hopefully you'll post these pictures. LAPD detectives now have the images, the video, including those close-up shots. Investigators tell Fox 11 they have a task force working on copper wire theft, which has become big business for crooks, and something Richard hopes the incoming mayor will take on. Or maybe she'll watch this. Hello, Mayor-elect, can you come out and fix this problem? I'm a taxpayer. Perhaps more urgently than the mayor, street services, street lighting, we've reached out to them. They say they're looking into this, but take a look. I mean, you can see where somebody here tried to cover this one with some black material, but they got in anyway. And you saw in our story these live wires. You don't want a child or a sniffing dog. To possibly get hurt with this. So if somebody can get out to them, they do need to at least take care of that as soon as possible. We'll keep on trying on our end and we'll let you know what happens. If anybody has any information about this, LAPD is looking into this. Give them a call. I'm Christina Gonzalez in Chatsworth. Back to you in the studio. It is dark out there. All right.