Man electrocuted after trying to steal copper from a power substation

[NFS4]

LMFAO!

A man is accused of lying to Hoke County lawmen about being with a friend who was electrocuted in August as the two tried to steal copper from a power substation.

Jonathan Tyler Overton, 20, of the 9300 block of Calloway Road in Aberdeen, was charged Tuesday with damaging wires and other fixtures of a telephone, telegraph or electric power company and obstructing justice by filing a false police report, larceny and possessing stolen property.

The incident happened Aug. 14, according to a release from the Hoke County Sheriff's Office.

William Joshua Reavis, 23, of the 9400 block of Calloway Road in Aberdeen, was found dead at a Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp. substation on North Horace Walters Road, Sheriff Hubert Peterkin said.

At the time, investigators suspected that Reavis was electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire, Peterkin said.

Investigators found that a lock and chain on the high fence around the business had been cut, Peterkin said.

They also said they believed someone else was involved, Peterkin said.

Overton was at the substation when lawmen arrived, Peterkin said, but denied having anything to do with the theft of copper.

Overton later admitted that after Reavis was electrocuted, he removed the copper wiring and cutters that were inside the fence and hid them in tall grass where they were later found, Peterkin said.

Overton's bail was set at $25,000.

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/12/01/1052134?sac=Home

 

[OutHouse]

one less dumbass

copper theft is becoming a huge problem. i live in farm country and copper thieves are stealing copper wire from the huge irrigation sprinklers that farmers have out in their fields. some farmers have been hit several times costing 10's of thousands of dollars in repairs.

 

[Rubycon]

They should hire bears to do the dirty work.
They can take a hit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1YcNT-v2ik

That lucky fellow took ~7.5kV!

 

[Fritzo]

Stay in school kids.

 

[NFS4]

They should hire bears to do the dirty work.
They can take a hit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1YcNT-v2ik

That lucky fellow took ~7.5kV!

I give him a 5.8 on the landing :biggrin:

 

[SandEagle]

Happens in detroit ALL the time. Some fools steal copper from homes and businesses. Even stoled my AC unit. Thrres a place on Lonyo that buys this shit

 

[shocksyde]

Happens in detroit ALL the time. Some fools steal copper from homes and businesses. Even stoled my AC unit. Thrres a place on Lonyo that buys this shit

Are you on a drunk-posting rampage right now? haha

 

[Meghan54]

Shocking!

 

[mmntech]

One thief in Toronto stole a dumpster full of asbestos thinking it contained copper. These guys are colossal idiots.

 

[grrl]

Stay in school kids.

It's a tragedy, really, I heard he was working on his GED.

 

[SirStev0]

Copper salvaging is damn profitable though. It is why these idiots keep trying it. Before my brother joined the army him and his buddy used to drive around the wood and scrap shit people dumped out on polelines and such. Used to make pretty decent bank for a the work.

 

[qliveur]

The sound and the smell of a fat-bodied moth hitting a bug zapper come to mind.

 

[SirStev0]

The sound and the smell of a fat-bodied moth hitting a bug zapper come to mind.

thnks for that.

 

[qliveur]

You're welcome.

 

[Jeff7]

The sound and the smell of a fat-bodied moth hitting a bug zapper come to mind.

 

[dud]

This is NOT funny. This situation smells of desperation.

Desperation is never funny ...

 

[Jeff7]

This is NOT funny. This situation smells of desperation.

Desperation is never funny ...

But the smell of exceptional stupidity is a bit more overwhelmingly intense.

 

[Craig234]

This is NOT funny. This situation smells of desperation.

Desperation is never funny ...

Thank goodness someone isn't an asshole immoral sociopath here.

 

[Modelworks]

Similar to a local story. Woman calls repair service to get her air conditioning fixed. Service man arrives and then promptly tells the woman the reason your AC isn't working is because someone took it, apparently while she was asleep.

People are not just stealing AC units for copper. My brother who owns a business has had several people approach him trying to sell almost new heat pumps.

 

[Nintendesert]

This is the same shit that the Iraqis were doing after the invasion. How far America has fallen...

 

[JEDI]

one less dumbass

copper theft is becoming a huge problem. i live in farm country and copper thieves are stealing copper wire from the huge irrigation sprinklers that farmers have out in their fields. some farmers have been hit several times costing 10's of thousands of dollars in repairs.

how much is copper per lb?

 

[Kaido]

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/12/01/1052134?sac=Home

I thought this was an old thread! I remember hearing about another death caused by copper theft:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rying-steal-cable-electricity-substation.html

How much do these guys get from selling the wire? It seems like it would be more profitable to just work a couple weeks at McDonalds...

 

[marvdmartian]

The "victim" of this electrocution is what happens when Mr Murphy meets Mr Darwin.

I wonder how long it's going to be, before one of these geniuses figures out the easiest place to steal copper might just be the recycling center that's buying it!! :sneaky:

 

[NFS4]

Thank goodness someone isn't an asshole immoral sociopath here.

I don't feel sympathy for criminals.

 

[Schadenfroh]

This happened to another asshole here in TN a couple of years back, power line was a bit too close to the Comcast Cable line.