No loss: copper thief sought to rob area of electricity, but instead he suffered a "work accident"

By A Longtime Reader
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thursday, august 22, 2024 at 09:26:39 p.m. edt

subject: No loss

"richmond: person found dead inside underground electrical vault identified"

"richmond: person found dead inside underground electrical vault identified"

"police said the individual was 'possibly involved in the theft of copper wiring.'

By Jason Green|jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com | bay area news group and Rick Hurd|rhurd@bayareanewsgroup.com| bay area news group

updated: august 22, 2024 at 10:50 a.m.

"richmond – authorities have identified [sic] a man found dead inside an underground electrical vault tuesday morning in richmond, police said.

"officers made the grim discovery that Salvador Cachu, 28, of richmond [sic], was dead about 2:25 a.m. while responding to reports of a man down after an explosion at south 2nd street and interstate 580, according to the richmond police department.

"'due to the electrical lines being actively charged, emergency personnel could not enter the vault initially,' police said in a news release.

"on tuesday afternoon, firefighters recovered the person's remains from the vault.

"'while doing so,' police said, 'evidence was located showing that the victim [sic] was possibly involved in the theft of copper wiring when he came into contact with a high-voltage electrical source.

"the incident is being investigated as an attempted theft with an unexplained death, pending the results of an autopsy, according to police."

"pg&e said 1,541 customers lost power during the incident. service was fully restored just after 7 a.m.

South 2nd Street was closed between Cutting Boulevard and Marine Avenue while authorities worked to recover the remains.

"anyone with information related to the case can contact detective R. Ramos at 510-620-6622.

The Mikado's "object all sublime/I shall achieve in time/to make the punishment fit the crime, the punishment fit the crime."

Too bad that the neighbors had to suffer from an hours-long power outage during attempts to recover the body of the thief.