Thieves looking for a big score found out the hard way that crime really doesn’t pay.
Firefighters in Atlantic County were called to the scene of a bizarre rescue around midnight Wednesday along the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Officials from Atlantic City Electric say that four men broke into an abandoned electrical control center allegedly looking to steal copper wiring.
Police say that while searching the dimly lit property for the wiring, one of the suspects somehow managed to fall 15 feet below floor level down an elevator shaft.
Egg Harbor Township Police arrested three suspects, according to the power company. The fourth, the man at the bottom of the shaft, was rescued by firefighters. He was then airlifted to a local hospital where he is being treated for injuries to both legs. He is in serious condition.
Police continue to investigate.
