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Attempted Theft Knocks Out Power To 2,000 Customers. Somewhere in Metro Denver, someone is nursing an electrical burn... Investigators say a thief or thieves cut a fence to gain entry into an Intermountain Rural Electric Association substation ... Once inside, they started clipping electrical wires. Company officials said one of the wires was "hot." "When they cut that wire," said IREA Line Superintendent Les Turner, "they had a flash of about 7,000 volts." Turner said that flash had to cause injury. "It could be anywhere from a severe sunburn appearance to second or third degree burns on his hand." "We've...

A Denver man was arrested for felony theft after being found allegedly stealing copper wire from utility poles last Friday. Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene to find Bull and two other men pulling copper wire from the utility poles, coiling it on spools and placing it in a truck, ... The 306 pounds of copper wire recovered... When approached by the deputy, Bull allegedly said he was under contract for the next two months to gather all the wire and poles in the area, including west in the Glenwood Canyon. The wires and poles were on land belonging to...

Nolan Accused Of Stealing 33,000 Pounds Of Metal. Attorney General John Suthers said Timothy Allan Nolan pleaded guilty for violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act. He was indicted by a grand jury this year for allegedly stealing nearly 33,000 pounds of metal from businesses in Denver, Longmont and Northglenn.