ST. LOUIS — Spectrum, besieged by an accelerating theft of its communication wires, is offering up to $25,000 to tipsters whose information leads to an arrest in the St. Louis region.

The telecommunications company called the destruction of its infrastructure an “act of domestic terrorism” in a July statement , and said it had seen a 200% year-over-year increase in attacks on its network in Missouri.

After a tornado tore through north St. Louis in May, several people were arrested on suspicion of stealing utility wire from homes and businesses damaged in the storm. In July, a thousand pounds of illegally purchased wire were uncovered by police during a sting operation at SA Recycling in St. Louis.

“What we’re seeing is the ripple effect of critical infrastructure being destroyed ac

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