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Man electrocuted trying to steal copper in Marion
The State ^ | 16 July 2014

Posted on 07/16/2014 1:33:48 PM PDT by Gamecock

Authorities say a man has been electrocuted while trying to steal copper from [a] roof...

Investigators said the man was on a ladder around 1:30 a.m. Monday when it fell against a transformer, causing an explosion and shocking the man so badly his clothes caught fire.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestate.com ...


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To: dfwgator

The police tried to induce him to come down but he didn’t have the capacitance.


21 posted on 07/16/2014 2:05:34 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: Cementjungle

He was too incapacitated to offer resistance.


22 posted on 07/16/2014 2:08:36 PM PDT by Salamander (He ain't heavy, he's my Boa.)
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To: Gamecock

Darwin Award winner


23 posted on 07/16/2014 2:11:38 PM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: a fool in paradise

“..instead of three hots and a cot.”

Instead of three hots and a cot.He got himself a plot.


24 posted on 07/16/2014 2:13:13 PM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: Gamecock

Obamanomics kills.


25 posted on 07/16/2014 2:15:50 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: a fool in paradise

“Think of it as evolution in action.”
L. Niven & J. Pournelle


26 posted on 07/16/2014 2:17:17 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Cementjungle

Click your heels together and repeat after me. “There’s no place like Ohm. There’s no place like Ohm.”


27 posted on 07/16/2014 2:17:46 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Gamecock

Psss...an Eagle told me that the wind generators are full of copper wire...


28 posted on 07/16/2014 2:18:05 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
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To: Gamecock

That must have really Hertz.


29 posted on 07/16/2014 2:22:30 PM PDT by Fear The People (When the government fears the people, you have LIBERTY.)
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To: Gamecock
He tried to steal it from a roof. Probably a roof top a/c unit? Probably 480 volts? That will wake you up, that's for sure! At least he didn't try to steal the copper at the utility padmount transformer. That would be 13,800 volts and would have turned him into a very well done hamburger.
30 posted on 07/16/2014 2:31:57 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

All his relatives and friends said he always was a well grounded individual.
He probably just got con-fused!


31 posted on 07/16/2014 2:38:28 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: Gamecock
Too bad he couldn't power up like a capacitor.


32 posted on 07/16/2014 2:43:41 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
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To: The Great RJ

Darwin gave up giving awards to copper thieves years ago. It’s too common.


33 posted on 07/16/2014 2:59:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Gamecock

He always wanted to be a conductor.


34 posted on 07/16/2014 3:02:54 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Gamecock

35 posted on 07/16/2014 3:07:54 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Fresh Wind
Wonder if he knew this guy. A real Darwin Award Winner.
36 posted on 07/16/2014 3:50:36 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is room for all of God's animals. Right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.)
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To: Gamecock

Amp-y days are here again!


37 posted on 07/16/2014 5:33:39 PM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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To: 1rudeboy

“Darwin gave up giving awards to copper thieves years ago. It’s too common.”

Similar to the guys who use a match to check whether their gas tanks are full or not.


38 posted on 07/16/2014 5:34:34 PM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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To: Gamecock

Wow, that guy was a real live wire!


39 posted on 07/16/2014 5:37:04 PM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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