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Two charged in West Virginia cell tower compound break-in
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Two charged in West Virginia cell tower compound break-in
In Daily News Briefs by Wireless Estimator October 15, 2020
Two men were arrested after a break-in at a cell tower near Hernshaw, West Virginia, according to a press release issued yesterday by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. ... Thomas Bowles, 24, of Ashford and Christian Hunter McNeely, 24, of Costa were each charged with breaking and entering and destruction of utilities.
According to authorities, at 4:00 a.m. on October 8, 2020 deputies were dispatched to Bee Mountain Road near where a cell-phone tower site break-in was in progress. ... When the first deputy arrived he saw flashlights in the woods being carried away from the site, and an ATV parked nearby was packed with stolen property and tools. One of the removed items was a radio amplifier that helps first responders communicate with dispatchers and one another.
A K9 Team was called to the area and began a track from the tower site through the woods, ending along Lens Creek Road. A detective with our Property Crimes Unit was patrolling the road during the K9 track. He spotted Bowles who matched description of one of the suspects provided by the security staff who monitored the breaking and entering on surveillance cameras.
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In Daily News Briefs by Wireless Estimator October 15, 2020
Two men were arrested after a break-in at a cell tower near Hernshaw, West Virginia, according to a press release issued yesterday by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. ... Thomas Bowles, 24, of Ashford and Christian Hunter McNeely, 24, of Costa were each charged with breaking and entering and destruction of utilities.
According to authorities, at 4:00 a.m. on October 8, 2020 deputies were dispatched to Bee Mountain Road near where a cell-phone tower site break-in was in progress. ... When the first deputy arrived he saw flashlights in the woods being carried away from the site, and an ATV parked nearby was packed with stolen property and tools. One of the removed items was a radio amplifier that helps first responders communicate with dispatchers and one another.
A K9 Team was called to the area and began a track from the tower site through the woods, ending along Lens Creek Road. A detective with our Property Crimes Unit was patrolling the road during the K9 track. He spotted Bowles who matched description of one of the suspects provided by the security staff who monitored the breaking and entering on surveillance cameras.
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