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

[Ron Cole]

At and AM site I used to maintain. I had to repair an antenna monitor that
received a 9mm round, through a meter.  The Old Gates Transmitter was really
bullet proof, it had two marks where the bullets hit but did not penetrate.
The Main TX was behind an old RCA that I suspect would make a good bullet
stop.

A few years ago.   At some cell sites in Chicago that I visited they had
directions posted on the door to leave the site before sundown.  If you got
cough at the site after dark you were to lock the door and spend the night
and not to open the door for any reason as police would not respond to calls
at the site after dark.

Ron






On 7/31/06, engineermike <engineermike at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>
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