July 17th, 2007 @ 4:56 am
Copper thieves die trying
Copper thieves die trying - Yahoo! News
Phelps, a father of nine and a former long-haul trucker who family members say was trying to scavenge scrap metal to help support his family, was found alone in the empty building, next to a set of bolt cutters, a police scanner and the store’s lone remaining electrical panel. He wrongly assumed the power would be off, authorities say.
how long would it have taken the guy to, ya know, TEST IT?
I guess thieves aren’t exactly brilliant people.
