Posted on 01/08/2026 2:51:09 AM PST by Libloather
An apparently homeless thief was electrocuted to death while trying to steal copper wiring from a California construction site — as power was knocked out to 2,500 homes, reports said.
The unidentified man was killed Sunday in a vacant strip mall that’s in the process of being demolished, with witnesses saying they heard a loud explosion at around 2 p.m. before electricity went out for several hours, police told CBS News.
The explosion is believed to be a transformer that blew up, knocking out power for several hours, Pomona police said.
One neighbor rushed to the scene where a woman begged him for help.
“She just kept saying, ‘Help us,’ and I was like, ‘What am I supposed to do?,'” Mykil Walker told NBC News.
A construction worker at the scene said it wasn’t the first time someone tried to nab copper from the demolition site.
“Obviously, we kick them out for security reasons and safety reasons,” Frederico Velarde told CBS. “They just keep coming back.:
The would-be thief was apparently part of a larger crew of transients that were living on the property and who had been warned about the dangers of tampering with the live wires, Velarde said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
FA to the FO
Karma is, indeed, a female dog.
electrocuted to death
——-
I noticed somewhere along the way, and someone who writes for a living should know better, people forgot “electrocuted” is not a synonym for “shock”.
It was a word coined to mean dead. Electricity + Execution = Electrocuted or Electrocution. Dana sounds stupid here.
Now that’s a Zot!
Ban electricity or ban copper? If we could only save the life of one homeless thief.
Another shocking development.
This site helps me keep up on current events.
Re: “They just keep coming back.”
Well, that one won’t be coming back…
LOL. That just proves the idiots are online now. Get yourself a good paper dictionary. Jeeze Louise
How embarrassing. Boy, would his face have been red!...and black and blue and purple.
Homeless Circuit Breaker ? Darwin award.
But remember, this is California.
The women will have his estate sue the construction site company and the property owner, and some leftist yahoo judge will make her a millionairess.
Give me video!
explosion is believed to be a transformer that blew up
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yeah, a transformer blew up. Not a guy was stealing wire, causing an electrical fault...
Who are these people that (wright)????
Electrocuted to death.
Electrocuted is a past tense word. Death is implied
Yeah, but watt is he up to currently?
Had the thief been caught red handed, he could have been charged in circuit court. Violation: Ohm’s law.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.