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Would-be thieves are electrocuted and die inside Detroit lighting facility while attempting to steal copper wire


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2017 Dec 30, 4:54pm   4,067 views  16 comments

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5223485/Thieves-electrocuted-die-lighting-facility.html
Two would-be thieves were found dead Friday inside a Detroit public lighting facility after they were electrocuted by 24,000 volts.

Officials said the pair was found at a substation of the Detroit Public Lighting Department on the city's east side around 6.50am on Friday.

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.

Police said the bodies were badly burned and that the current was so strong that they bodies were fused together.


It's not the volts, it's the amps. But it's a shit-ton of amps too.

#crime

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1   Ceffer   2017 Dec 30, 5:41pm  

Roll 'em in corn meal, put 'em on a stick and feed them to the homeless.
2   Strategist   2017 Dec 30, 9:03pm  

Patrick says
Would-be thieves are electrocuted and die inside Detroit lighting facility while attempting to steal copper wire


OMG this is horrible. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. Some poor guy will now have to miss a New Years Eve party and clean up the mess.
My sympathies to the family of the guy who has to clean up.
3   MrMagic   2017 Dec 30, 9:39pm  

Strategist says
Some poor guy will now have to miss a New Years Eve party and clean up the mess.
My sympathies to the family of the guy who has to clean up.


I hear when they fry like that, they smell just like bacon!
4   Shaman   2017 Dec 31, 2:35am  

The trial will not be lengthy...
5   RC2006   2017 Dec 31, 6:04am  

City fried ghetto chicken.
6   NDrLoR   2017 Dec 31, 7:38am  

Quigley says
The trial will not be lengthy...
But the lawsuit will be.
7   anonymous   2017 Dec 31, 10:28am  

Sniper says
I hear when they fry like that, they smell just like bacon!


Especially the morbidly obese but probably more like roasted pork belly without the curing.
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8   anonymous   2017 Dec 31, 10:28am  

Ceffer says
Roll 'em in corn meal, put 'em on a stick and feed them to the homeless.


Homeless my ass...you could sell roasted human flesh to the sophisticated snobby foodies for $39 a plate.
9   anonymous   2017 Dec 31, 10:28am  

Patrick says
It's not the volts, it's the amps. But it's a shit-ton of amps too.


Yep, I guess there wasn't a 20 amp breaker on that line.
10   Strategist   2017 Dec 31, 11:20am  

You guys make me sick. No respect for a hard working criminal.
11   mell   2017 Dec 31, 4:33pm  

Patrick says
It's not the volts, it's the amps. But it's a shit-ton of amps too.


Yep.
12   Strategist   2018 Jan 1, 8:33pm  

mell says
Patrick says
It's not the volts, it's the amps. But it's a shit-ton of amps too.


Yep.


Amps, volts, or bullets. What difference does it make as long it does the job?
13   Goran_K   2018 Jan 2, 1:27am  

I’d bet $10,000 it was two registered Democrats.
14   Shaman   2018 Jan 2, 3:04am  

Goran_K says
I’d bet $10,000 it was two registered Democrats


I’d bet even more that it was two registered felons and felons can’t vote (in most states).

A friend of a friend was just CLOSE to a electrical arc at a 4160volt transformer and suffered flash burns severe enough to cause 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms that weren’t covered by clothing and part of his face, bad enough he had to be hospitalized! High voltage is no joke. Even if you don’t get shocked you can still get hurt.

I deal with it probably 3-4 days a week, and safety procedures are what’s kept me alive so far.

These idiots stealing copper are just doing Darwin’s work.
15   mmmarvel   2018 Jan 2, 6:17am  

Patrick says
It's not the volts, it's the amps. But it's a shit-ton of amps too.


No GFI??? How rude! How is a thief suppose to make a living?? Sheesh.
16   Strategist   2018 Jan 2, 8:36am  

mmmarvel says
Patrick says
It's not the volts, it's the amps. But it's a shit-ton of amps too.


No GFI??? How rude! How is a thief suppose to make a living?? Sheesh.


Hey, thieves could form their own union and demand we make it safer for them

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