Skip to comments.
Suspected copper thief severely burned on utility pole in Dallas
The Dallas Morning News ^
| August 1, 2008
| EMILY TSAO
Posted on 08/01/2008 8:47:34 AM PDT by Texican72
A man who may have been trying to steal copper wiring was severely burned on top of a utility pole this morning, Dallas Fire-Rescue said. His rescue was hindered because his flesh had melded with the metal on the pole.
A Dallas Fire-Rescue dispatcher said a passerby called about 5:30 a.m. to report that a man was on top of a utility pole and that wires were sparking above in the 800 block of Regal Row near the Irving border. Police said there had also been reports of power outages in the area.
When crews arrived, they found a person, who was burning, between transformers on the pole, police said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: copper; coppertheft; darwinawards; dumbcriminals; zot; zotted
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-59 last
To: Slings and Arrows
Crispy Critters? Falling out of the chair laughing.
41
posted on
08/01/2008 10:35:08 AM PDT
by
LucyT
(What happens in Denver won't stay in Denver... August 25 - 28, 2008)
To: Texican72
A Dallas Fire-Rescue dispatcher said a passerby called about 5:30 a.m. to report that a man was on top of a utility pole and that wires were sparking above in the 800 block of Regal Row near the Irving border. Police said there had also been reports of power outages in the area. I wonder how long he was up there and how long the electricity was going through him.
42
posted on
08/01/2008 10:37:22 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: LucyT
Crispy Critters? Falling out of the chair laughing. You do realize that now we're both going straight to hell?
43
posted on
08/01/2008 10:39:58 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: Texican72
“
They took the man to Parkland, which is run by Dallas County.
His bills will be covered by the taxpayers.
“
Even by the taxpayers that endured the power outage he created.
Who says America isn’t a merciful country?
44
posted on
08/01/2008 10:42:03 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: Texican72
From the article. I guess this is the moron.
45
posted on
08/01/2008 10:42:09 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Texican72
46
posted on
08/01/2008 10:45:14 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become the more you can hear.)
To: Texican72
Here's a good vid of the cooked critter:
http://video.nbc5i.com/player/?id=281710
To: Jeff Head
HEY YOU! OUT OF THE GENE POOL!
48
posted on
08/01/2008 10:48:29 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: Slings and Arrows
Oh, sorry, can’t help it, still laughing...
49
posted on
08/01/2008 10:49:57 AM PDT
by
LucyT
(What happens in Denver won't stay in Denver... August 25 - 28, 2008)
To: Deaf Smith
50
posted on
08/01/2008 10:59:07 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: Texican72
51
posted on
08/01/2008 11:03:25 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: NonValueAdded
“No happy ending there for we the taxpayers ... no doubt well be footing the bill for some extremely expensive medical care and a disability pension if the mutt lives.”
Not to mention all the carbon offsets we’re going to have to purchase on account of all those burning parts of him.
To: nhoward14
We probably will be paying for this guys rehab, but hell suffer a whole lot more pain than we allow death penalty convicts to suffer. Ah, so there IS a consolation prize for the taxpayers, the power company and their inconvenienced customers.
53
posted on
08/01/2008 11:30:16 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
To: Texican72
54
posted on
08/01/2008 11:46:19 AM PDT
by
Clay Moore
("My daddy says I'm this close to living in the yard." Ralph Wiggum)
To: Jeff Head
Darwin award.......
NOPE. He’s alive and given time will be reproducing
55
posted on
08/01/2008 12:08:11 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(That Muhammad was a charlatan. Islam is a hoax, an imperialistic ideology, disguised as religion.)
To: Tarpon
I own a tool and die business, last weekend we lost about 4K lbs of steel stored in our yard, came to about $9K to replace it.
I would LOVE to catch the SOB who took that stuff, he would remember what he did every single morning when he tried to get out of bed without knee pain...
56
posted on
08/01/2008 12:37:02 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar
We had three houses hit last might, they took the underground copper pipes out of the front yards. It's all sand, so it's relatively easy digging. Probably cost about $2k a house to get a plumber put proper piping back in.
They know they are immigrants doing it, from the survey cameras and arrests. The local ag business, the lettuce and tomato pickers, shut down with the salmonella scare.
57
posted on
08/01/2008 5:00:59 PM PDT
by
Tarpon
(Ignorance, the most expensive commodity produced by mankind.)
To: dennisw
"He's dead Jim"
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/17087828/detail.html?dl=mainclick
To: Texican72
Another story like this in Tenn. Looks like copper could be a good replacement for the dollar.
59
posted on
04/17/2009 8:45:56 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
(BRING CAMERA EQUIP TO TEA PARTIES--TAPE THE DISRUPTORS)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-59 last
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.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson