This story is well..........shocking....

[Stuart G]

Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked

Thu May 15, 6:47 PM ET

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

Both were charged Wednesday, but only 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 suffered $1,500 damage.

The Associated Press could not immediately reach either man for comment.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. These maroons nearly qualfied for a Darwin Award.

[jeff30997]

2. Lol! Touché!

Hollywood should do a movie about them...

Is Dumb and Dumber 3 an appropriate tittle ?

[Critters2]

3. The church insurance company sent us a letter, telling us to watch our AC units.

Apparently, people are stealing copper pieces from air conditioning units that sit outside. Copper's like $3.00 a lb, so people are stealing it and selling it. This letter had a bunch of suggestions for security--motion sensitive alarms, direction connections to the police dept., moving them to less out-of-the-way sites, etc.

I guess times are hard.

[crimsonblue]

4. I know of people that go door to door collecting pennies

"for charity" and then they melt it down adn separate it into copper. Apparently, a penny's worth more than it's worth.