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

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

i think the worst thing that ever happened to me while workig at the
radio stations i've been at..

..One night while at WQMA, with the door locked, a guy came up and
knocked in the glass door asking for matches.

and then while at WTIR, i caught someone peeing by the side of the
road when i walked out one night...

Paul



On 7/31/06, Ron Cole <rondcole at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
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> 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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Paul B. Walker, Jr.
www.walkerbroadcasting.com
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