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Verizon Central Office Heist Spoiled By 911 Outage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-exactly-ocean's-11-here dept.

Qbans writes with a link the NYTimes story on a foiled robbery attempt at a Verizon Central Office in White Plains, New York, snipping "The plan seemed simple enough. The building had been cased and the burglars knew exactly what they wanted - advanced computer circuit panels that could be sold on the black market for hundreds of thousands of dollars." Qbans points out that this story parallels a previous story on how equipment was (successfully) stolen last May. Update: 11/27 22:01 GMT by T : Reader Dave C contributes a link to coverage at the registration-free JournalNews.com.

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  1. Help, call 911 by fishwallop · · Score: 5, Funny

    someone is stealing my telephone equipment!

    1. Re:Help, call 911 by rf0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sorry can't hear you can you speak up a bit

      Rus

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    2. Re:Help, call 911 by stellertony · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can you hear me now?

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  2. Enter Scooby Doo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And they would have got away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!

  3. Re:Catch me once... by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Actually the saying goes: "Catch me once, shame ... shame on ... you." Long, uncomfortable pause. "Catch me -- can't get caught again!"

    (Apologies to GWB)

  4. Re:Catch me once... by LS · · Score: 4, Funny

    You seem to have a bit of Bush's syndrome... Here's what he said.

    I think it goes like this:

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

    LS

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  5. Who ya gonna call? by PMJ2kx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ghostbusters!

  6. Verizon Tenants are Not Customers? by wol · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Although the burglary occurred in the Verizon building, the stolen equipment belonged to some half-dozen other telecommunications companies that use the premises to house part of their operations. No Verizon customers were affected, a company official said."

    Does this mean that the telecommunications companies using the Verizon premises are not Verizon customers? Is that what it says on the rent check?

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  7. Re:I heard crime was bad, but... by richie2000 · · Score: 5, Funny
    WHO do you call when 911 don't respond?

    Ghostbusters!

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  8. Re:Catch me once... by furball · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or as my uncle is fond of saying

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice, I break your fucking legs.

  9. Verizon's security system by yorkpaddy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Dan Diaz Zapata, a spokesman for Verizon, said the building had many levels of security - from video cameras to security badges to on-site guards -
    and a sign that says "hey steal the other TelCo's stuff, we left the door unlocked for you"
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  10. Re:Catch me once... by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess your uncle is in the import-export business, eh?

  11. Run down: by reality-bytes · · Score: 5, Funny


    The men dropped the stolen boxes, fled on foot and were eventually run down by the officer and arrested, Mr. Jackson said.


    I know its an American saying but in (British) English, that would imply mowing them down with the patrol-car.

    I'd have to say 'Fair Play' to that ;)
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  12. Re:Amazing disregard for others... by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, it's a perfect half-assed plot.

    "What'll we do if someone figures out we're here?"

    "Nothing, who are they going to call anyway? We're taking down 911!"

    "That's brilliant!"

    Heh heh.

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  13. That's different by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 3, Funny

    The reason they could be hit with murder charges is that, if in the comission of a felony someone dies as a result, you are guilty of murder. So if you rob a store with guns, the police show up and shoot your partner, you are guilty of murder since your comission of the felony was the proximate cause of the death.

    Not all states have laws like that, but many do. Since they were comitting a felony, they could be charged.

    Now someone who spills coffee on the boards by accident isn't comitting a felony, they are making a mistake. The most they could be charged with is manslaghuter for gross neglience (since there is no situation where liquids should be anywhere near the equipment) however in all likelyhood they'd not be charged, just fired by the company and sued by the victim's family.

  14. Re:ARTICLE TEXT: by legirons · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Thankfully Homeland security deemed no terrorists were involved."

    Pure genius, that one. "Someone's stolen millions of dollars' worth of easily-sellable computer equipment. After extensive investigation, we decided that the motive was unlikely to be terrorism"

    In related news, a man found buying a newspaper is not thought to have been motivated by terrorism.