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.)
I bet his family was shocked.
ZOT!!
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.
Looks like another "Hey, hol' ma beer" story
Police said they were too late to CHARGE him with a crime.
I'm shocked, just shocked.
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.
Everyone has the capacity to steal, but I try to resist stuff like this.
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."
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.
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.
Find any fried nuts?
Was this current event direct, or alternating?
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
Heard he was an AC/DC fan
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