CT - Austin Geddings, 26, Jillian Persons, 30, from Asheville, NC, charged with cutting cables, causing local Internet outage - Norwalk, 24 Mar 2023

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Police: Two charged in Norwalk vandalism that caused thousands of internet outages in CT

Two North Carolina residents have been charged with vandalism that caused thousands of...

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Police said two North Carolina residents have been charged in connection with a vandalism that disrupted internet service to about 40,000 Optimum customers in Fairfield County last month.

Austin Keith Geddings, 26, and Jillian Nicole Persons, 30, were arrested Saturday on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit to first-degree criminal mischief and interfering with a police officer. Persons was also charged with making a false statement to police.

NC man, woman charged with cutting wires; 40,000 lose internet service

Two people are charged with cutting more than 2,000 fiber optic cables, leaving over 40,000 homes and businesses without internet service.

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Police said they responded to the reported damage of the Optimum cables on March 24 in Norwalk and quickly identified suspects and their vehicle.

Officers arrested Persons while staking out a business in Bridgeport, and Geddings was found a short time later in a wooded area in Stratford, police said Sunday.

Police said Persons and Geddings are scheduled to appear in court April 11.

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Two charged with damaging Optimum cable lines, causing thousands of outages

On March 24, Norwalk police responded to a report of damaged cable lines on Broad Street. Over 2000 fiber optics lines had been cut and 16,000 customers lost service.

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Man who broke into sleeping woman's home arrested after forensic evidence identifies him

UPDATE: Asheville Police Department said Thursday afternoon, Jan. 6, that Austin Keith Geddings was arrested and was being held at the Buncombe County Detention Center on a $75,000 secured bond. ------------------------------------------------- Thanks to forensic evidence, Asheville Police...

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