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Radio Hacker Interrupted Police Chase Gets 21 Months Prison - mothered - 04-30-2018
Greetings everyone,
This Is one of many reasons not to mess around with law enforcement agencies.
Quote:Australian authorities have tracked down, arrested, charged, and sentenced a man who hacked a police radio system and interrupted a police chase at the end of August 2017.
The man, identified as 42-year-old Vaughan William George, received a 21-month prison sentence, yesterday, at a Magistrates' Court in the town of Geelong.
The most notorious incident happened in August last year, when George interfered in a police chase, telling police officers to cancel the pursuit. Victoria Police have released a recording of George interrupting police radio communications during the chase, in which he can clearly be heard telling officers to "cancel the pursuit."
Source.
RE: Radio Hacker Interrupted Police Chase Gets 21 Months Prison - Oni - 04-30-2018
Funny that he is receiving less than 2 years, while the guy that tried to free someone from jail got 7. Not his first offense, either.
RE: Radio Hacker Interrupted Police Chase Gets 21 Months Prison - Synthx - 04-30-2018
I have to say that he should have known that he was going to get caught. Simply a stupid idea to do something like this.
RE: Radio Hacker Interrupted Police Chase Gets 21 Months Prison - mothered - 04-30-2018
Depending on the nature of the pursuit, cancelling It could've had serious ramifications.
It's a shame the article didn't list exactly what was said by the offender.