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Officials: Sumter man attempts to steal copper from electrical pole

(Sumter, SC) April 25, 2006 - A Sumter man was found in critical condition after officials say he tried to steal something from an electrical pole.
Barely conscious and trapped between transformers is where Sumter police found Wayne Odom.
His stepfather says a bad crack habit led to the serious injury. Marshall Knotts says, "He would do anything he could do to get it. He was so strung out."
Sunday night police say Odom climbed an electrical pole and was shocked. What was he trying to get his hands on, they think, was copper.
Chief Patty Patterson says copper is normally stolen from construction sites, not electrical poles, "I don't think it would be of great value and clearly not of value to put yourself in danger, to run the risk of major bodily harm to yourself."
Police actually recovered copper from Odom's backyard.