Every time copper gets valuable, dimwits like this one go out and get themselves crisped.
Few people realize what that much electricity can do. A friend of mine was a lineman and one of us buddies went up in the basket and for some reason grabbed hold of the line - and while he miraculously lived, both of his hands were literally burnt off instanteously. My friend had to get him down. It was not pleasant.
.and the same thieves steal my copper piping used in new construction, even after it has been installed....what they can't steal they destroy.