More are out there:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/24/copper-thief-gets-business-end-of-69000-volts/

An attempted copper theft at an Eagan substation early Wednesday knocked out power for thousands of residents and sent a would-be thief to Regions Hospital.

Eagan police said the 33-year-old suspect from St. Paul suffered severe burns but was in stable condition Wednesday and is expected to survive.

Two other St. Paul residents found near the substation, a 28-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, were arrested on suspicion of felony criminal damage to property. They were booked at the Eagan Police Department and released.

Joe Miller, a spokesman for Dakota Electric, said the injured suspect scaled a chain-link fence, cut through the barbed wire at the top and then climbed on top of a transformer, where he was injured when he came into contact with a 69,000-volt transmission line.

Witnesses reported seeing a flash of light and hearing a boom at the substation before the power went out at about 12:35 a.m. About 7,100 Dakota Electric customers in western and southwestern Eagan were without power until 3 a.m.

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http://www.azcentral.com/community/...1/20100111abrk-copper-thief-suspect.html

A man suspected of trying to steal copper from a Phoenix elementary school fell through a classroom ceiling and was found severely injured and unconscious by a teacher Monday morning, authorities said.

About 800 students at Bret R. Tarver Elementary had to be moved to another school Monday.

Police said the man, identified only as 43 years old, could have been in the school since Saturday. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening head injuries, said Trent Crump, a spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department.