Video | Man climbed onto a cell phone antenna and turned it off in Miami: this is known

Richard Smith, a 38-year-old Orange City man, climbed onto a cell phone antenna and manually turned it off at Miami.

Apparently, the man posed as a company worker T Mobile to climb the tower.

The Miami Police spent several hours negotiating with Smith to descend and closed some main roads due to the incident.

“The Miami firefighters, who were present along with the police, transferred their technical team of rescue“, As reported Telemundo.

How did the events occur?

According to preliminary information shared with several international media, around 5:00 am the blackout occurred in the antenna.

In fact, a company supervisor called a worker to inform him of the incident. An hour later, the worker was in the tower to find out what was happening and saw that Smith was up there.

Therefore, I do not hesitate to call the police to report what was happening.

The authorities arrived at the scene at 7:00 in the morning and it was only until 11:00 am that they managed to get the man down.

“He apologized and right now the negotiating team is talking to him,” said Miami police officer Michael Vega, the newspaper reported. WSVN.

What happened to Smith?

After what Richard Smith He came down from the antenna and was arrested for crimes such as illegal trespass and criminal damage.

The man was also checked by paramedics to see if he had any injuries.

Until now, the reasons that led him to climb the telephone tower and disconnect its operation are unknown.

However, it “caused damages totaling between $100,000 and $500,000 and caused extensive disruption of cellular service for customers until the damage can be repaired,” he reported. Telemundo.

GERALDINE BAJONERO VÁSQUEZ

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