A man accused of jamming emergency communications in downtown Mobile told investigators he was targeting neighbors and did not realize his equipment was having a wider impact, according to testimony Wednesday.
in the downtown area told investigators he was targeting neighbors and did not realize his equipment was having a wider impact, according to testimony Wednesday.
Defense attorney James Byrd said outside court that the evidence indicates his client had no criminal intent. “The ability of our law enforcement agencies and partners to communicate with each other is absolutely necessary,” she said. “We, as citizens, depend on it. They can’t respond to 911 calls; they can’t respond to fires; there are emergencies that could happen at any moment. And we can’t receive the emergency services that we need as citizens that we pay for, as citizens of this government, if we’re unable to have those communications. So this is extremely important and very, very dangerous.
The Emergency Communications District, which operates the 911 system, reported outages on June 6. Anderson testified that investigators discovered the source of the jamming was an apartment at the Tower on Ryan Park on St. Michael Street. Anderson testified that Lisak’s father leased the apartment and that the defendant told police he had been living there for about three months.
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