FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) – A 46-year-old Fremont nonmigratory has been charged with vandalism with intent to marque a destructive device, the Fremont Police Department stated successful a press release Friday.
FPD stated they investigated respective incidents of vandalism successful September wherever electrical wires, including telephone lines, were chopped successful a residential Fremont neighborhood. They yet identified Roshan Patel arsenic the fishy successful astatine slightest 2 of those cases.
The harm caused successful the vandalism incidents pb to $300,000 successful damages to Comcast/Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. FPD said successful each incident, respective 1000 residents could not entree the net oregon marque telephone calls, including to 911.
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Patel was arrested connected September 28. During the hunt warrant served astatine his residence, instrumentality enforcement recovered respective items that were determined to beryllium materials utilized to marque explosive devices. A hunt of his physics devices recovered accusation connected however to physique explosive devices.
If you person immoderate accusation regarding this lawsuit you tin interaction Detective Travis Macdonald astatine 510-790-6900, oregon email tmacdonald@fremont.gov.