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Man Electrocuted While Allegedly Stealing Wire
KAIT 8 NEWS ^ | Septemner 24th,2006 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/24/2006 6:32:33 PM PDT by streetpreacher

TAYLOR, AR - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says that a Louisiana man was electrocuted when he was apparently trying to steal electrical wire.

Roger Godwin of Sarepta, Louisiana., died Thursday after he was electrocuted along a county road near Taylor. The sheriff's office says they received reports of someone stealing electrical wire in Columbia County. Then, Thursday morning, officers were dispatched to the Springhill Medical Center in Springhill, Louisiana., where Godwin was pronounced dead.

According the sheriff's office, officers found an aluminum ladder, wire cutters and a pair of eyeglasses in the area of Godwin's suspected electrocution.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwin; reallifezot; stupid; thief
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1 posted on 09/24/2006 6:32:34 PM PDT by streetpreacher
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I bet his family was shocked.


2 posted on 09/24/2006 6:33:39 PM PDT by adm5
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To: streetpreacher

ZOT!!


3 posted on 09/24/2006 6:33:48 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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4 posted on 09/24/2006 6:34:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: streetpreacher

this just happened in DC last week:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0906/362079.html

Man Electrocuted at D.C. School
UPDATED - Tuesday September 19, 2006 6:16pm

WASHINGTON - Police are investigating how a man was electrocuted at a D.C. school, early Tuesday morning.

Metropolitan Police say they found a man thought to be in his mid 30's at Wheatley elementary school on Neal Street in Northeast around 2:30 a.m.

Police believe the victim was trying to steal copper wire from the building when he came in contact with a live wire and was electrocuted. Officers also believe the victim had a partner.

According to D.C. Public School's Website, Wheatley was closed this fall as part of the District's reorganization plan.


5 posted on 09/24/2006 6:36:28 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: cripplecreek

Looks like another "Hey, hol' ma beer" story


6 posted on 09/24/2006 6:37:24 PM PDT by uptoolate (Their 'innocent' civilian is their next suicide bomber)
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To: adm5

Police said they were too late to CHARGE him with a crime.


7 posted on 09/24/2006 6:38:10 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: RDTF
Darn, were it relegated to Arkansas, it would've been just another "hold muh beer" moment; now that's it's spread to D.C., it's officially a pandemic.
8 posted on 09/24/2006 6:38:17 PM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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9 posted on 09/24/2006 6:38:25 PM PDT by be4everfree
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I'm shocked, just shocked.


10 posted on 09/24/2006 6:38:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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The least the idiot could have done was to have used a wooden ladder. Well, the mankind is better off for his demise. Hopefully he hasn't bred.


11 posted on 09/24/2006 6:41:46 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: tet68
He should have been GROUNDED for this stunt.
12 posted on 09/24/2006 6:43:14 PM PDT by adm5
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To: dfwgator

Everyone has the capacity to steal, but I try to resist stuff like this.


13 posted on 09/24/2006 6:46:35 PM PDT by Freedom4US (u)
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To: adm5

10-to-1 the sharks are already circling waiting to cash in on this open-and-shut case. I mean you've heard it all before..."Grandma sues McDonalds after pouring coffee on her own lap"; "Man falls through a skylight during a burglarly, sues, and WINS."


14 posted on 09/24/2006 6:47:21 PM PDT by TheDoctorNoh
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To: be4everfree

LOL, that's a great sign!

I actually read this headline as man electrocuted while trying to steal WIFE. I thought it was some middle eastern news story.


15 posted on 09/24/2006 6:47:37 PM PDT by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: adm5

He should have been GROUNDED for this stunt.

HE WAS!!!!

An Aluminium Ladder indeed.

Once they fill him with formalyn they could use both
hands as TERMINALS.


16 posted on 09/24/2006 6:48:08 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: streetpreacher

Find any fried nuts?


17 posted on 09/24/2006 6:49:02 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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Oh right...forgot to get in my pun. "Ohm, watt was he thinking?" Smiley
18 posted on 09/24/2006 6:51:28 PM PDT by TheDoctorNoh
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To: streetpreacher

Was this current event direct, or alternating?

(Sorry, couldn't resist)


19 posted on 09/24/2006 7:21:50 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("Ma'am, you don't have to thank us. You just go beat him for us." Soldier to Irey re: Murtha)
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To: adm5

Heard he was an AC/DC fan


20 posted on 09/24/2006 7:27:38 PM PDT by uptoolate (Their 'innocent' civilian is their next suicide bomber)
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