Guy gets caught while trying to stop drivers from talking on cellphones while driving

Abe Swanson · 2014-11-20T18:21:00+00:00

The court finds Jason R. Humphreys apparently liable for a forfeiture of $48,000 for using a cell phone jammer in his car during his daily commute between Seffner and Tampa, Florida. Mr. Humphreys' illegal operation of the jammer apparently continued for up to two years, caused actual interference to cellular service along a swath of Interstate 4. (a) Penalty of $16,000 for jamming law enforcement frequencies, plus (b) Penalty of $16,000 for jamming cellphone frequencies, plus (c) Penalty of $16,000 for operating that same jammer for two years. -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- On April 29, 2013, the Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) received a complaint from Metro PCS that its cell phone tower sites had been experiencing interference during the morning and evening commutes in Tampa, Florida. Based on the location of the towers and the times that the alleged interference occurred, the Bureau determined that the likely source of the interference was mobile along Interstate 4 between downtown Tampa and Seffner, Florida. On May 7, 2013, agents from the Bureau's Tampa Office (Tampa Office) initiated an investigation into this matter and monitored the suspected route. On May 7, 8, and 9, 2013, the agents determined, using direction finding techniques, that strong wideband emissions within the cellular and PCS bands (i.e., the 800 MHz to 1900 MHz band) were emanating from a blue Toyota Highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a Florida license plate. On May 9, 2013, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (Hillsborough Sheriff), working closely with the agents from the Tampa Office, stopped the Toyota Highlander SUV. The Hillsborough Sheriff deputies reported that communications with police dispatch over their 800 MHz two-way portable radios were interrupted as they approached the SUV. The agents from the Tampa Office and the Hillsborough Sheriff deputies ...

Nov 20, 2014 64 Replies

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. 11 years ago

Only the most ignorant of morons continue to parrot that most ill informed of all canards.

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Now STFU.

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. 11 years ago

How might any mere mortal such as myself possibly contest or dispute such an issue oriented, devastatingly delineated, fact filled, cogent, well reasoned, referenced and documented rebuttal such as that? Simply suffice it to say that you're truly a certified, card carrying imbecile that I wouldn't s*it on the best part of. Your idiotic ilk is already, and has been since its inception, more than overrepresented on usenet. Kindly do dry up and blow far ay.

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Kurt Ullman 11 years ago

Even under the rather relaxed standards of wiki, that entry was badly written.

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Rod Speed 11 years ago

Or you f***ed up. Three guesses which we believe.

No one else agrees with you either.

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Lewis 11 years ago

If you are asking if the theft of a packet of crisps can be a felony then the answer is yes, it can. For example, if the thief is carrying a weapon in many jurisdictions, that makes any theft a felony. If the thief is on parole. If the thief has previous felony convictions. If there is currently a state of emergency then any theft is looting, and a felony. Probably other things I am forgetting.

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