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Arson Investigated After AT&T Lines Burned in CdM; 200 Customers Affected
posted: September 2nd, 2009 11:55 am |
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An AT&T box caught fire and burned telephone wires for more than 200 customers, causing $200,000 in damage, according to a police report.
The cable access point box, located along Wavecrest Drive, caught fire sometime between 10 p.m. Monday and 5 a.m. Tuesday. AT&T employees told investigators that the box appeared to have been intentionally set on fire. Arson investigators were not, however, to determine how the fire started, and found no physical evidence or witnesses. “The detective assigned to the case has worked closely with the arson investigator from the Fire Department, and they do not believe the fire was intentionally set, and they are not investigating it as a crime,” said Lt. Craig Fox of the Newport Beach Police Department. Details on how telephone service was affected to those customers was not immediately available.
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In other police news, a $50,000 BMW was stolen from a garage in the 400 block of De Sola Terrace sometime between noon Saturday and 9 a.m. Monday. The 46-year-old victim told police he believed the thief used a garage remote to open the door and gain access, then took the 2007 750-model gray car. Also on Tuesday, a 65-year-old Westminster man told police that sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday, someone got into his gym locker in the 600 block of Newport Center Drive. They took his pants and key ring, a loss of $40.
