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Man Shocked Trying to Steal Electric Wires
wsbt ^
| 09/28/06
| samuel king
Posted on 09/28/2006 8:54:06 AM PDT by hoosierboy
(WSBT) A South Bend man was hospitalized with severe burns after he suffered an electrical shock trying to steal copper from a underground power line.
It happened on Sample Street, behind the old South Bend Lathe Building, where the man works. That's where crews are tearing down the old Studebaker Factory.
Police say the man didn't know the lines were charged, and that's why he went ahead and tried to steal the wire.
"The incidents of metal theft have really spiked in the last six to eight months," said David Mayne, spokesman for Indiana Michigan Power. "In the case, of stealing wire off the electric distribution system, you could die for just a few dollars."
At last check, the man was in a Fort Wayne Hospital with serious burns to his arms and face. He has not been identified.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: copper; copperthefts; corruption; darwin; darwinaward; drugs; electricity; energy; theft
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Too bad he didnt die, we could have had a darwin award candidate. Maybe he was too dumb to kill himself.
To: hoosierboy
To: hoosierboy
I read the headline of your post and was going to reply with almost the identical words that you did. We Hoosiers think alike.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:56:01 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: hoosierboy
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:56:51 AM PDT
by
BLS
(It's time to redefine your deiphobic mind.)
To: caver
Hey y'all hold my shovel and watch 'dis!
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:57:23 AM PDT
by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
To: hoosierboy
Gotta buy that crack somehow.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:57:34 AM PDT
by
CobraJet
To: hoosierboy
So, was he "charged"?
*rimshot*
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:58:13 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
To: hoosierboy
Good. I wish this would happen more often. In one of the OKC suburbs last month, someone ripped off some copper wires from a power station (he apparently lived, darnit) and the whole community was without power in 100+ weather.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:58:26 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: hoosierboy
Talk about the shallow end of the gene pool. Its too bad he did not remove himself completely from the reproductive cycle.
To: hoosierboy
He has not been identified. Just call him 'Sparky'
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:59:25 AM PDT
by
Ditto
To: hoosierboy
He'll probably sue, claiming that the owner should have had high voltage signs on the wires. Of course, chances are that they did, in which case he'll insist that the signs should have said "Yeah, we know the plant is closed, but the wires are still hot!"
To: hoosierboy
I am "shocked" by this "current" news story.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:59:57 AM PDT
by
TheRobb7
(How many Democrats will YOU elect by staying home on Election Day????)
To: don-o
Sounds like he was real lucky he didn't turned into a crispy critter.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:00:17 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: hoosierboy
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:00:26 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(I've had it with these &%#@* jihadis on these &%#@* planes!)
To: hoosierboy
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:00:27 AM PDT
by
AdamSelene235
(Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
To: hoosierboy
Some crimes come complete with their own punishments.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:00:34 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
(The answer always lies with more freedom; not less)
To: Silicon Cowboy
OK so now we taxpayers get to pay a $200,000 Medicaid bill.
BTW didn't Studey go out of business in 66?
only 40 yrs to tear down the building?
To: Ditto
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:02:33 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: JamesP81
To: don-o
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:03:58 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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