{"id":343376,"date":"2026-06-19T21:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343376\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:35:08","slug":"nw-houston-wanted-man-accused-in-30k-copper-theft-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343376\/","title":{"rendered":"NW Houston: Wanted man accused in $30K copper theft investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A man is now wanted by authorities for tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen copper material from a northwest Houston wastewater plant.<\/p>\n<p>   Harris County copper theft: Suspect wanted <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Harris County Precinct 4 authorities say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Precinct4\/posts\/pfbid021SaSKtzQtZFab9T3JRKyC2LoWwftc1Wdiw3nSNZc5s42VLzNTg1AftLeW2gUCGAil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">33-year-old Joshua Fleming<\/a> is charged with Felony Theft of Property.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Constable deputies were called on Sunday to a wastewater treatment plant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Windfern+Forest+Utility+District\/@29.8888758,-95.5468552,16z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640cfc5d96b6251:0xfd9871c47c0f96bb!8m2!3d29.8913949!4d-95.5438774!16s%2Fg%2F1tld0kgp?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">near Gessner Road and Mauna Loa Lane<\/a>. Investigators reported that two suspects stole copper materials worth about $30,000.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials say evidence from the investigation identified Fleming as the primary suspect. He reportedly declined to cooperate with the investigation when he was interviewed on Wednesday, but a witness named him a suspect.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/14f74c01-image_720.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">(Photo courtesy of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable&#8217;s Office) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Other details are not available.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information about Fleming&#8217;s whereabouts can call the constable&#8217;s office (281-376-3472) or your local law enforcement and mention case #2606-01982.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Harris County Precinct 4 Constable&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A man is now wanted by authorities for tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-343376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}