"tomcatgbmi" wrote in message
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: Hackers target MSP radios
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: As published in the Flint Journal, December 18, 2004
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: The Associated Press
:
: Lansing, MI - An Oceana County fire chief and three other men
were
: charged Friday (December 18, 2004) with scheming to illegally tap into the
: state police radio system.
:
: The radio system is supposed to be used by law enforcement or
other
: public service agencies that have been authorized to access it.
:
: Attorney General Mike Cox said it's crucial that first responders
be
: able to communicate on the system without others eavesdropping.
:
: Andrew John Felde, 41, of Grand Rapids is accused of obtaining
stolen
: or illegally manufactured Motorola radios. James Benjamin Brunk, 44, of
: Cadillac and James Edward Werner, 38, of Rockford, who were state police
: civilian employees, allegedly helped Felde program the radios to access
the
: 800-megahertz system. They gave him computer software and templates for
the
: radios so they would work on the system, Cox said.
:
: Walkerville Fire Chief Jerry Lee Frick, 63, then bought three of
the
: radios at half price, Cox said, in part with grant money by submitting a
: fraudulent invoice to a local 911 system.
:
: The men face various felony charges. Frick faces up to 14 years
in
: prison if convicted, and the other men face up to 5 to 10 years.
:

Idiots.