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A Florida Resident Drove Around with a Cellphone Jammer for Two Years Before Being Caught
Yahoo! Tech ^
| May 1, 2014
| Alyssa Bereznak
Posted on 05/01/2014 3:05:10 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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Interesting how the FCC and local LEOs zeroed in on this guy and caught him...
To: Timber Rattler
Indeed. DHS does not like people messing with their Police drones.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:06:19 PM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: Timber Rattler
Idiot should have just activated it when he saw a yapper, not leave it transmitting constantly. Never would have been caught.
Now, that is how I would do it, not saying I have, but, but.......it does work.
To: Timber Rattler
I have to think his range was pretty limited if the antenae was inside the vehicle .
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:09:08 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: Timber Rattler
Where would one get a cellphone jammer? Ah, you know, just out of curiosity....
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:09:15 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Timber Rattler
Still, Humphreys kept on jamming for another year until two county sheriff deputies pulled him over. They were able to confirm his use of the cellphone jammer before they even searched his vehicle and found it behind a seat cover. As they approached his SUV, their two-way radios were disconnected from their dispatcher.
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Humphreys is up Obama Creek here. He better lawyer up and hope he can get those fines reduced.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:10:45 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Timber Rattler
I’m not even sure if it would improve people’s driving. The typical cell-phone user who texts and talks while driving would probably just shake the phone, open the back, check the battery, put a new one in—all while continuing to drive.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:15:46 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:16:12 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Timber Rattler
"You are cutting off any communication for any type of emergency,'' McKinnon said. You are potentially putting people's lives at risk."
So, did the BLM do similar with cell towers around the Bundy Ranch?
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:20:00 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Veggie Todd
Where would one get a cellphone jammer? Ah, you know, just out of curiosity....Internet.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:20:51 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Timber Rattler
In the meantime when a person is in an emergency trying to get help .....
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:21:44 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
To: Timber Rattler
I was in Florida for business recently. It seemed every other driver had their cell-phone to their ear.
Cops and Government here in NY have made a big deal about it, and its not seen as often as it once was.
Is it not a ticket-able offense in Florida?
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:24:48 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Veggie Todd
They are discreetly in use at upscale restaurants and theaters and such. Who wants to listen to jack donkeys on their cell phones when you’re spending hundreds of dollars?
The guy with one in his car isn’t making it safer. It’s making an even bigger distraction as idiots try to figure out why their smart phones quit.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:26:10 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Timber Rattler
They sell these at Wal Marts in Florida?
To: Veggie Todd
I’d love to have one of those.
To: TurboZamboni
According to the article, that's what he thought.
But he got caught when Metro PCS complained on 29 April 2013 that one of their towers was getting jammed every morning and evening. The FCC staked out the highway and identified "strong wideband emissions within the cellular and PCS bands" coming from a certain blue Toyota Highlander. On 9 May, Hillsborough Sheriff deputies busted him.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:34:31 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Timber Rattler
When the jammer interferes with a call, the phone addict will then devote even more attention to the phone to try to reestablish the call, and give even less attention to the road.
So, the jammer could very well be the cause of accidents, rather than a way of preventing them.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:34:41 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: madprof98
Id love to have one of those. If Curtis Reeves had had one of those, maybe he'd only be facing an FCC fine instead of Murder II.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:36:42 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Timber Rattler
Interesting how the FCC and local LEOs zeroed in on this guy and caught him... Perhaps, but he's nothing but a no-good busybody to begin with. IMHO.
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:38:32 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: Veggie Todd
I recently saw a Youtube video where a teenager made one out of an old TV remote control. He shorted out some of the wiring and got the thing to broadcast at a frequency that interfered with the cellphone when pressing the channel up/down buttons.
-PJ
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posted on
05/01/2014 3:39:08 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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