Verizon Technician Accused Of Snipping Cablevision Fiber Lines
Alleged Sabotage Knocked Out Service To About 6,000 Cablevision
Subcribers on January 7
By: Jeff Baumgartner
Multichannel News
Feb 12 2014 - 11:49am
http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/verizon-technician-accused-snipping-cablevision-fiber-lines/148261
An employee of Verizon Communications has been charged with allegedly
cutting underground fiber lines that temporarily knocked out service to
thousands of customers in Long Island served by rival provider
Cablevision Systems, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
Vincent Gargano, 40, was charged with criminal mischief and tampering
Tuesday for allegedly cutting service lines on January 7, the paper
said, noting that authorities are basing the arrest partly on evidence
captured by surveillance cameras near the scene. Gargano also agreed to
take a polygraph test, but failed it, the paper said, citing an unnamed
source.
The suspected line cuts knocked out service for almost six hours to
about 6,000 Cablevision residential and business customers in the
Holbrook area of Suffolk County. Cablevision hasn’t put a financial
figure on the damage caused, but did issue credits to the affected
customers.
Verizon spokesman John Bonomo confirmed that Gargano is employed by the
company as a technician and that the telco is cooperating with
authorities on the matter.
"I can confirm that Mr. Gargano is a Verizon employee. Actions such as
the police describe are not consistent with how Verizon conducts
business. Network sabotage can present a public danger, so it’s
something we take very seriously. We are assisting the police in their
investigation," Bonomo said in a statement.
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