The following day, according to the complaint obtained by Wireless Estimator, digital technician Sam Staples brought the damaged equipment to the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Office, whose investigators determined the damage was likely caused by an explosion.ĪTF agents Knoll and Kevin Roch were contacted to investigate, and they confirmed the damage was caused by an explosion, and samples of explosive residue were collected for forensic laboratory examination. When the technicians got to the scene, they found all the doors to an equipment housing cabinet open with extensive damage to the equipment inside. System alarms then identified the entire site being shut down at 2:27 a.m. on Septemwhen AT&T technicians were sent to investigate a shut-down of a phone and internet digital transmission site at 1064 Clem Road in Prentiss that occurred approximately seven hours earlier.ĪT&T records showed the door to a steel cabinet housing electronic equipment had been opened at 2:03 a.m. The investigation started around 9:30 a.m. The Donkey Balls fireworks appear to be harmless explosives, but just one of them took out of operations an AT&T digital transmission site. Photos: ATF, inset, Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s OfficeĪ bail bond was denied last Wednesday for a man accused of planting an explosive device at an AT&T digital transmission site in Jefferson Davis County, MS earlier this month.Īccording to a criminal complaint filed by special agent Michael Knoll with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Victor Joseph Schexnayder, 48, is accused of “maliciously damaging or destroying, or attempting to damage or destroy, by means of fire or an explosive, any building, vehicle, or other real or personal property used in interstate or foreign commerce.” He had been previously fired after 20 years at AT&T as a digital technician, he said, “because of a stupid code of conduct” and “I speak freely.” Some media reports incorrectly identified that the incident took place at an AT&T tower site. Victor Schexnayder, inset, was denied bail after he was arrested for allegedly using a powerful firework to blow up an AT&T digital transmission site in Mississippi. Design Load Data by County – Wind, Ice, Seismic & Frost (Rev G & F).OSHA – Communication Tower – Request For Information. ![]() ![]() Blue Book – Supply / Services Subscriptions.
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