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Man burned in alleged wire theft attempt dies (St. Louis area)
stltoday.com ^
| Monday, August 15, 2011
| TERRY HILLIG
Posted on 08/16/2011 1:21:38 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
A man who suffered severe burns in June while apparently trying to steal wire from an Ameren power substation near Alton has died of his injuries and authorities said Monday that an alleged accomplice might face additional charges.
Madison County sheriff's Capt. Brad Wells said 30-year-old Dusty Austin of Alton died Saturday at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur.
Sheriff's deputies were called to the end of Cut Street on June 12 after three people found Austin naked and screaming for help. His clothes apparently had been burned or blown off. He was taken first to an Alton hospital and later flown to St. John's.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: copperthives; evolutioninaction; stuipidity
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Evolution in action!
To: Da Bilge Troll
Whut the hell is ulektricity?
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:23:56 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
To: Da Bilge Troll
To: Da Bilge Troll
Is the Burning Man Festival starting early this year?
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:29:04 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Da Bilge Troll
Man burned in alleged wire theft attempt dies (St. Louis area)Should read: "Non FR member gets zotted"!
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:32:04 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
To: Da Bilge Troll
If Ameren had the right equipment in there, he wouldn’t have lived 2 months. He would have been a puff of smoke.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:32:36 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Da Bilge Troll
His clothes apparently had been burned or blown off. I think that's what happened to Pissant too.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:34:13 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
To: Da Bilge Troll
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:36:02 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
To: Las Vegas Ron
So, if you die (get zotted) in the Matrix (FreeRepublic), you die (get zotted) in real life?
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:37:33 PM PDT
by
FortWorthPatriot
(Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
To: USMCPOP
“If Ameren had the right equipment in there, he wouldn’t have lived 2 months. He would have been a puff of smoke.”
And “Dusty” Austin would be his condition, not his name.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:38:41 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: Da Bilge Troll
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:39:53 PM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: FortWorthPatriot
So, if you die (get zotted) in the Matrix (FreeRepublic), you die (get zotted) in real life? LOL....boggles the mind, doesn't it?
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:40:13 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
To: woodbutcher1963
Waiting for the legal sharks to decend...obviously it was not a safe environment to steal from.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:41:42 PM PDT
by
Mouton
(Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
To: Da Bilge Troll
Chuck Schumer is proposing a law that all copper thieves get medical insurance.
Debbie Wasserman will respect his last wishes and let him vote Democratic in the next 60 elections.
The SEIU issued a press release “We are going to organize copper thieves so they no longer have to work in these conditions”.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:43:46 PM PDT
by
shoff
(Cuomo is going to change the NY state motto from Excelsior to elixir (cause we bought it)
To: USMCPOP
He would have been a crack, sizzle, pop as he turned into a grease fire.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:46:48 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
(It's time to push back against out of control government.)
To: meatloaf
I worked in and around the electrical utility industry for 20+ years. One does not mess with that stuff without a good deal of training, respect, and luck.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:53:48 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Da Bilge Troll
I guess he had a low resistance to high potential. Conducting yourself in between what was most likely 75-125 KV
can add some spark to ones activities.
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posted on
08/16/2011 1:55:18 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: Las Vegas Ron
I think that's what happened to Pissant too. I haven't heard anything outta him in a long time. Are you saying he rode the F.R. lightening?
I'm always the last to know these things.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:01:40 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(The only problem some people have with tyranny is that theyÂ’re not the tyrant.)
To: USMCPOP
USMCPOP:
Please accept my sincere and undying appreciation and love for the service and ultimate sacrifice of your son. He is remembered. I am lessened by never having met him.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:07:49 PM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:10:45 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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