“Caught!”
According to Radio World, That’s the word from Andy McDonald, chief engineer for Clear Channel Radio Brevard, in Florida.
“Thanks to the fine work of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Brent Gene Williamson was arrested [Wednesday] for the theft at our transmitter site on Saturday night and all of our stolen equipment was recovered,” McDonald writes.
“As we suspected, it was a very local job … he lived two doors down from the transmitter site. So much for the ‘good neighbor’ policy!”
According to information provided by McDonald, police charged the 26-year-old Williamson with burglary and larceny grand theft.
The station had lost various supplies and equipment in the course of several incidents, which it believed to be related. AM station 1360 WMMV was knocked off the air briefly last weekend.
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From KCBS5 in San Francsisco:
Copper wire continues to be snatched from the East Bay city of Antioch, CA this year, and that’s translating into a big problem for Pacific Gas and Electric – considering how much the utility relies on the material.
Since the first of the year, 300 power poles have been knocked down in Antioch. The wiring contained on and within the poles was subsequently ripped off.
It is a big problem for everyone.
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