[BC] Cell Tech, killed by police at tower site

[engineermike]

At a previous job I worked with the local PD.  I called them upon 
heading up to the site and they called me every 15 minutes or so to 
check in.  If I didn't answer they would send help.  Site was well known 
for drug traffickers  and worse.  All on 4-wheelers with loaded guns and 
in groups of 3 or more.  More than once the phone rang while I was 
explaining why I was at the site at that hour and I would explain that 
it was the PD and I had to answer or they would come find me.  They 
would say well hurry up and answer the phone then.  They would listen to 
my side of the call and realize I wasn't lying and they would split. 
Only once did I have a guy say we were never hear right?  My response 
was never saw anyone.  Of course I would feed the PD with all the 
details I could and they would bring in choppers and find the crops and 
bust the guys.  They would wet down the areas they knew they were 
passing through and after I would call the would make molds of the 
tires.  We even buried boards with nails in them so it would flatten 
their tires and then get molds of their shoes.  This was all used in 
court against them.  Before you ask yes the transmitter door was open. 
They were known to shoot through the closed door or steal your ride or 
gear.  The only way to the site was on a 3 or 4 wheeler.  The PD had a 
coot (6 wheeler go anywhere vehicle) and a quad.  It was interesting and 
a bit scary at times but as we all know it's our jobs.
Have a good one
Mike


Chuck Lakaytis wrote:
> I work in some pretty snotty places where the meth heads have become a
> problem.  And there is the transmitter site where the nutcase always shows
> up to badger me about all the things that have gone wrong in his life
> because of "lectricity" in his brain.  "Chuck, I know everything 'bout
> lectricity". 
> 
> And yes I travel quite heavily armed: Nighthawk custom .45 and Remington 870
> shotgun, the former for people, the later for bears and moose.
> 
> I have decided that any remote work I do is going to be prefaced by a call
> to the Alaska State Trooper local post or the local police informing them of
> my presence.
> 
>  
> 
> Chuck Lakaytis
> Director of Engineering
> Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
> Anchorage, Alaska
> 907 277 6300
> 907 301 4339 (cell)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Alan Alsobrook
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:17 PM
> To: Broadcast mailing list
> Subject: [BC] Cell Tech, killed by police at tower site
> 
> CELL SITE WORKER SHOT AT NIGHT BY POLICE DIES ON THE JOB
> 
> A respected family man working after midnight at a cellular tower site 
> in a "rough" part of Charlotte, North Carolina was shot and killed after 
> police responded to a suspicious person call. Telecommunications site 
> technician Anthony Wayne Furr reportedly pointed a handgun and advanced 
> toward a police officer, and in response the officer opened fire.
> 
> Engineers who work late at night at communications sites may wish to 
> study this case carefully. Could equipment or air conditioning noise 
> have masked the commands from police? Read more at the URL below, or 
> google "Wayne Furr" for more links yet. A tragic case in any event.
> 
> http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/15088061.htm
>