Cops hunt charred power cable thief
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11,000V + hacksaw = bang Derbyshire Police are looking for a "badly scorched" wannabe copper cable thief who decided it was a lucrative idea to hacksaw through an 11,000V power line, Reuters reports.â¦
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Toronto-area police are looking for a man who fled the scene after a woman was shot in the head at a high school in the city&#39;s northwest suburb of Brampton.
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Two electric cable-stealing thieves in northeast China were rescued from a mine full of poisonous gas after spending 23 hours underground in a bid to evade police, state media reported on Tuesday.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. - Police said a suspected arsonist was arrested after they found his birth certificate at the scene of a fire this week.
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Hours before a fatal fire at a southwest Missouri group home, a maintenance man trying to fix a furnace shorted the electrical wiring running through the attic where investigators believe the fire started, according to documents released Tuesday.
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Australian police have launched a hunt for arsonists who lit a fatal wildfire in Victoria, as authorities said 32 homes had been razed in the inferno that has gripped the state for a fortnight.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A would-be thief got a taste of his own medicine in Guyana when he was caught and attached to a utility pole with the same duct tape he intended to use to bound a family and rob them, police said Tuesday.
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Police on Thursday were searching for a teenager and his mother, who they say gave the boy a handgun after he lost a fight and told him to take revenge.
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By Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 2--A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jan. 31--JACKSON COUNTY -- A pair were arrested Tuesday for stealing valuable copper wire from ABC Recycling in Moss Point and each was charged with on count of grand larceny, a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff's Department said.
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London detectives said on Wednesday they were hunting for burglars who had stolen laptops possibly containing their own pay details, along with those of some of their fellow police officers.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Three experts in high-voltage electrical cables have been asked to inspect the wiring on HMCS Chicoutimi and test several theories as to the cause of last month's deadly submarine fire, the military said Sunday.
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US authorities turn to Scotland Yard's expertise to catch one of the most wanted men in America.
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Police search woodland and question a man as they hunt for a woman not seen since a night out.
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Mexican authorities have arrested an Italian electrician convicted in the 1996 fire at La Fenice opera house in Venice, authorities in the two countries said.
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Police and customs officials search for seized items missing from a "secure depot" in Coventry.
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Timaru building sites are being targeted by thieves.   In the last fortnight thousands of dollars worth of tools have been stolen, while over the weekend 120 metres of electrical cabling, some of which was underground, was stolen.