Kansas Transmitter Copper Thief Faces Federal Charges

Federal Charges For Copper Theives

A man who stole copper from the transmitter site of two KANSAS radio stations in SEPTEMBER has been indicted and charged by a federal grand jury with one count of attempted damage to a communications system and one count of attempted damage to an energy facility, according to the WICHITA EAGLE. 

JEFFREY L. BLAKE allegedly knocked AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS Country KKOW-F (96.9 THE KOW) and PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY noncommercial KRPS/PITTSBURG, KS off the air after taking copper wiring from their shared transmitter location on SEPTEMBER 7th.  The charges became a federal situation because KRPS is part of the Emergency Alert System.  BLAKE faces a maximum 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the energy facility charge and 10 years and $250,000 on the communications facility charge.

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