Remember folks, when trying to steal power company equipment, make sure it's not on:

A Sumter [South Carolina] 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."

In other words, he got high, then he got high, then he got high?