Pinole police figured out why the 911 communications line went down twice this month – the first time for more than a week.
It turns out that two men were arrested in connection to stealing copper cables, which took out the emergency system as well as the regular phone system for the cities of Pinole , Hercules and San Pablo. Jesus Arias-Ayala, 31, of Hayward and Daniel Mena-Diaz, 49, of Richmond were arrested in connection with felony vandalism and damaging telephone lines. Mena-Diaz was also arrested in connection with violating probation.
Officers found them running away through a field, Avery said, and were able to catch up with two of them.In the June 4 theft, Avery said the suspects took roughly 400 feet of copper cable, which costs AT&T about $100,000 to repair. On Saturday, the suspects didn't finish stealing the cables, Avery said.Avery didn't know the street value of the copper, but said thieves like to resell the copper to recycling and metal facilities.
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