Nov 19, 2013 · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Public-service campaign asks everyone to report suspicious activity near electrical equipment
Also, this guy must be new to the game or title is inaccurate. High voltage wire uses high-voltages (duh) at lower ampacity which means alot less copper and alot more insulation than a lower voltage, high ampacity wire. Basically only a dumbfuck would risk getting charred to a crisp for high voltage cable. Volts =/= current.
Sep 02, 2016 · That list includes an April 2004 incident in which a man was electrocuted while trying to steal copper wiring at an abandoned McDowell mine site.
Mar 14, 2007 · Others have had arms and legs blown off by live wires, and in one case a man was electrocuted while climbing inside a generator trying to steal copper, according to
Feb 23, 2021 · Three Vallejo residents are behind bars for allegedly trying to steal copper from an American Canyon bridge early Monday morning. The Napa County Sheriffs Department received a
May 07, 2018 · Authorities said a man seen on surveillance video keeps stealing copper wire from homes under construction in Forsyth County. Sister of victim killed
Aug 05, 2019 · Two people are now facing murder charges after a man was electrocuted over the weekend. Investigators say the victim and another man were trying to steal copper wire from the KRMG radio tower near
May 05, 2012 · A would-be copper thief was gravely injured early Saturday morning when he attempted to steal copper wiring from a live Edison vault, according to authorities.
Nov 30, 2012 · There has been a few thieves around here get brave enough to try to steal copper wire from a substation near where I live. Needless to say, they don't always walk away alive. We had a guy killed by my house not so long ago.. he was stealing lead from a church roof & fell off into a one of those cast iron spiked railings.
Thieves Steal $8,000 Worth Of Copper From after police say they went to great lengths to try to steal copper from the long-shuttered Joliet Arsenal. Justice Man Charged In Copper-Wire
Aug 16, 2017 · MORAINE, Ohio (WDTN)A 28-year-old Clermont County man is dead after police say he was electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire
Aug 12, 2013 · Experts say fighting copper theft, as with so many crimes, is likely to be an ongoing battle. "It's tied to the price of copper and as long as the demand for the metal remains high, so will the
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With copper prices at $3.70 a pound as of June 2007, compared to $0.60 a pound in 2002, people have been increasingly stealing copper wire from telephone and power company assets. Gangs have been created, a black market for copper wire has emerged, and men even have been injured and killed in power plants while trying to obtain copper wire.
Jul 15, 2006 · A 22-year-old Tacoma man was electrocuted in September in an attempt to steal railroad wire containing copper, Fife police said. He and a 28-year-old man
Sep 28, 2020 · KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is reporting that a man was electrocuted while attempting to steal copper wires from the
'It’s devastating' Thieves steal $25,000 worth of copper wire from Houston Alzheimer’s Association Judge sets bond at more than $1 million for man accused of killing 6-year-old , her
Man Electrocuted Trying to Steal Copper in Los AngelesAuthorities say a man has been electrocuted in Los Angeles while trying to steal copper from electrical equipment. Surveillance Cameras
Dec 22, 2019 · Georgia authorities believe the two, along with Ridenour, were trying to steal copper wire from the tops of power poles. The pair has been charged with felony murder, concealing a death, and theft by taking. At the time of his death, Ridenour was on probation for stealing an air-conditioning unit. Copper theft is an epidemic.
Feb 23, 2021 · Three Vallejo residents are behind bars for allegedly trying to steal copper from an American Canyon bridge early Monday morning. The Napa County Sheriffs Department received a
Substation copper theft has become a crisis. In the past year, the number of copper theft attempts and successes has skyrocketed. The problem does not only cause outages and costly damages for those in the surrounding areas, but it can also lead to serious injury and death for those attempting to steal the copper.
Sep 18, 2008 · A would-be thief was killed trying to steal copper cable which was carrying 11,000 volts. Kirk John Thompson was electrocuted at the derelict Panteg steelworks, in Pontypool, South Wales, when his
Jun 25, 2021 · ST. LOUISThieves hit a north St. Louis church and Sunday’s service has been canceled as a result. The suspects tried to steal copper wire from the
Nov 09, 2012 · A man reportedly trying to steal copper wire has died, the second such death in the Houston area in two weeks. The man, whose name has not been released, was being treated at a hospital for burns
Dec 10, 2018 · In June, a man died in Oklahoma City after being electrocuted while apparently trying to steal copper wire from a box connected to a light pole on a city street. Fighting Back State legislatures have been trying to tackle the metal theft problem for at least a decade.
Dec 13, 2018 · "We know sometimes suspects try to break into businesses to steal copper wire and plumbing and recycling for money," explained Kelly. "This
Mar 13, 2012 · MURPHYSBORO — Police in the southern Illinois city of Murphysboro are investigating the death of a man they believe was electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire
November 25, 2015, a man was electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire from the tops of power poles in Jefferson County, Georgia. April 12, 2015, a man was killed after being electrocuted while attempting to steal copper wiring from an unfinished
With copper prices at $3.70 a pound as of June 2007, compared to $0.60 a pound in 2002, people have been increasingly stealing copper wire from telephone and power company assets. People have even been injured and killed in power plants while trying to obtain copper wire.
Dec 30, 2017 · The thieves were attempting to steal copper wire when one of the men came in contact with a 24,000-volt transformer and transferred the current along to the other, reported WDIV.
Dec 10, 2018 · In June, a man died in Oklahoma City after being electrocuted while apparently trying to steal copper wire from a box connected to a light pole on a city street. Fighting Back. State legislatures have been trying to tackle the metal theft problem for at least a decade.
Aug 03, 2019 · Copper, metal thefts threaten lives, leave people in the dark. Metal thieves are getting more brazen in their efforts to steal copper and other metals to sell. The recent case of a man
The theft of copper cables costs U.S. companies $60 million a year and the FBI says it considers theft of copper wire to be a threat to the nation's baseline ability to function. But now PC World reports that a U.S. company has developed a new cable design that removes almost all the copper from cables in a bid to deter metal thieves.
Jul 31, 2007 · From Hawaii, where an accused copper thief is about to go on trial for felony theft charges, to Maryland, where a 41-year-old man was electrocuted recently after trying to cut through a high
Another bust charged a man with plans to take copper cables from a company's lot. Now a power company says copper thieves are ignoring the risks of stealing wire from live power lines, a mistake that can be deadly. Four people have been killed so far this year in American Electric Power's service areas while attempting to steal copper wire. Two
Apr 07, 2011 · Quebec provincial police believe a man found dead at a Hydro-Québec facility northeast of Quebec City was killed trying to steal copper. Police received a