Recently the FCC busted a local jammer and when his residence was searched they found a treasure trove. There are over 200 pieces of equipment involved including laptops, desktops, over 120 handhelds and several repeaters. And broadcast equipment including a commercial grade FM transmitter.
If anybody has serial numbers on file that matches anything on the lists mentioned below I think that the Ventura County Sheriff's Department would like to hear from you - contact Detective Jon Smith at (805) 494-8216 or via e-mail at jon.smith (at) ventura (dot) org The snippet below is from the "CGC Communicator, a broadcast industry weekly newsletter published by Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, <cgc (at) cgc333 (dot) connectnet (dot) com>, Copyright 2009, Communications General® Corporation (CGC). Reprinted with permission, and the newsletter has given permission for others to do likewise. No additional permission is needed. >****************************************************************** > > LIST OF POTENTIALLY STOLEN EQUIPMENT IN THE BONDY CASE > >The Ventura County Sheriff's Department has prepared its >list of potentially stolen radio equipment in the Kevin Bondy >case. Mr. Bondy is accused of jamming some southern California >radio frequencies as discussed in recent CGC Communicator >newsletters. A police search of his residence turned up an >extraordinary amount of potentially stolen radio gear. > >Your help is needed. Is any of this equipment yours? Would >you copy this story to others in the land-mobile and broadcast >industries, particularly to equipment dealers and publications? >If some or all of this equipment is stolen, the owners need to >contact the Ventura County Sheriff pronto. > >Items #120 - 123 involve FM broadcast equipment; the rest >is land-mobile gear (including repeaters) with a few miscellaneous >items mixed in (e.g. computers, CB & amateur radio gear). The >first URL takes you to the list. The second URL shows pictures >of the FM broadcast equipment and gives contact information for >the Ventura County Sheriff. > >Communications General Corp. has been in touch with Broadcast >Electronics concerning Item #120, the solid state 1,000 watt FM >broadcast transmitter. Unfortunately, the serial number is a bit >outdated for their records, but perhaps you or an equipment dealer >would have a record of the sales transaction. > >Thanks for helping by looking over the equipment list and >forwarding this story to others. > > Equipment list: > http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Oaks_Mall_09-5771.pdf > > Photographs of the FM broadcast equipment: > http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Letters/Stolen%20Equipment.htm > > Background information on Mr. Bondy: > http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-290813A1.html > >******************************************************************
