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Old 05-06-2012, 06:14 PM
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Would-Be Copper Thief ‘Extremely Grave’ After He’s Shocked And Catches On Fire « CBS Los Angeles

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SAN BERNARDINO (CBS) — A would-be copper thief was gravely injured early Saturday morning when he attempted to steal copper wiring from a live Edison vault, according to authorities.
Witnesses told CBS2 and KCAL9 reporter Melissa Maynarich that the man could be heard screaming in agony.
Jeff Grammatico was across the street from the substation when he said, “I heard a boom.” He added, “It made me jump from one side of the room to the other.”


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33 kV? Unidentifiable? If the guy survives, he'll probably wish he didn't. Not a joking matter.
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Old 05-06-2012, 06:54 PM
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That's happened a few times around here, I remember not too long ago a guy was killed by trying to steal an electrified 3rd rail.
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saw an article awhile back of a guy that had a brilliant idea to use one of those tree trimmers with the long poles to steal wires.too bad he didn't use a fiberglass pole
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It says he hasn't yet been 'charged' with a crime.
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33kw definately "charged" him
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Still dosnt beat the people who made off with the bridge though.
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def a Darwin at work thing, and yes, its funny. WGAS about the health of someone stupid enough to do this?
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Still dosnt beat the people who made off with the bridge though.
A year ago, in Baltimore, we had a rash of street light poles stolen--the 40foot ( or so) long ones.
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Old 05-07-2012, 09:59 AM
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A year ago, in Baltimore, we had a rash of street light poles stolen--the 40foot ( or so) long ones.
There are whole neighborhoods in Detroit where the street light poles were stolen, along with the underground cable.

I think they took it to another country and installed it
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This guy couldn't resist.

BERLIN: Trail of beers leads police to thief | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com
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Definitely a Darwin nominee.

As Darwin's Corollary to Murphy's Law states, "You can't fix stupid".

Or as Bill Engval put it, "Here's your sign" - in this case self-illuminating.
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And the poor fool in the OP was a resistor. I really doubt he'll survive this.
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Old 05-08-2012, 04:31 AM
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Well this one confused me.
I clicked on the link expecting to read about a German thief.
A nationality well know for enjoying a beer.
Then I saw Worcester County, Salisbury and Snow hill district court and thought, what are German cops doing investigating a robbery in England.
Eventually I looked at the banner at the top of the page and realised it all happened in the USA.
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Just a shocking story...

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