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#1 Postby tomboudreau » Thu May 15, 2008 9:21 am

Here is my nomination for a Darwin Award goes towards these two individuals...

Metal thieves shocked to find power lines still charged
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Associated Press
CONFLUENCE, Pa. -- Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.

Police say 27-year-old Kevin Lee Lytle and 24-year-old Daniel Jay Basinger, both of Confluence, were shocked during the theft attempt on May 3 in Lower Turkeyfoot Township.

Both were charged yesterday, but only Mr. Basinger was well enough to attend his arraignment on the attempted theft charge.

Police say the incident disrupted power to area residences for about five hours. Penelec Power Co. owns the lines, which had $1,500 in damage.
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#2 Postby Chacor » Thu May 15, 2008 9:25 am

:roflmao:
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#3 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 15, 2008 9:29 am

Get it? "CHARGED!" :roflmao:
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#4 Postby gtalum » Thu May 15, 2008 9:31 am

No way, they have to be killed to be eligible. :)
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#5 Postby senorpepr » Thu May 15, 2008 9:51 am

gtalum wrote:No way, they have to be killed to be eligible. :)


Well, either that or lose the ability to reproduce.
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#6 Postby bvigal » Thu May 15, 2008 9:59 am

WOW! That is a great one!! (laughter tears running down my face!)

Here's one of my favorites
"Man using GPS drives in front of train" ... from late last year, but then truth stranger than fiction, and history repeats itself:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/9032 ... 08.article
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/ ... ource=mypi
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#7 Postby HURAKAN » Thu May 15, 2008 10:59 am

I guess family members were "shocked" to hear about the occurrance.
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#8 Postby Category 5 » Thu May 15, 2008 5:54 pm

HURAKAN wrote:I guess family members were "shocked" to hear about the occurrance.


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#9 Postby Meso » Fri May 16, 2008 2:26 am

This happens here all the time.Since millions of rands worth of power cables are taken and used each year..Mostly from traffic lights too
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