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Old Jul 16, 2007, 11:09 PM   #1
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Angry Cell Subscriber Goes On Tower Hunt

A man appeared in court in Sydney on Saturday after driving an armored personnel carrier and demolishing six mobile phone towers.
The local police Chief Inspector Guy Haberley said his men managed to stop and arrest the 45-year-old man while making his way to a seventh tower.
"He continued to destroy mobile tower communications sheds by crashing through the perimeter fence and colliding with structures, causing significant damage," Haberley was quoted as saying.
The charges against the 45-year-old include malicious damage, breaking and entering , predatory driving and driving in a dangerous manner.

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Old Jul 16, 2007, 11:12 PM   #2
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what the hell was this guy smoking?
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Old Jul 16, 2007, 11:15 PM   #3
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Old Jul 16, 2007, 11:18 PM   #4
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Old Jul 16, 2007, 11:46 PM   #5
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here a video link. shows the downed towers lol
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Old Jul 17, 2007, 12:09 AM   #6
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I dont see the video link, can you put it in the reply? <G>
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Old Jul 17, 2007, 02:10 AM   #7
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Dude video! wheres the link!
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Old Jul 17, 2007, 02:34 AM   #9
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Sorry guys http://video.msn.com/v/us/dw.htm?m=u...7-a77cf7176c52

Edit: also the run down towers I think I actually seen it on cnn on tv this is not teh same video but Im sure there are more out there by now. eg. the cnn one.

Is that blonde guy Ex-Reven?
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thats something that doesn't happen every day. i wonder how he got a hold of that tank....
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Old Jul 17, 2007, 04:56 AM   #15
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hmm yep that was on the news a few days ago in sydney, apparently he attacked it because he used to work for telecommunications company and is blaming them for some apparent brain damage or something?
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thats something that doesn't happen every day. i wonder how he got a hold of that tank....
Firstly its an APC. A tank is much heavier and the armour is generally thicker and it needs a main gun.

Secondly, he aquired the APC while it was in restoration. It wasnt in active service with the military, its an old WWII APC that was being restored by a company.

The guy that stole it was one of the people working on its restoration.
How do I know this? My dad has a factory on the street ajacent to it and he knows the guy that owns it
No I did not steal the "tank"
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Firstly its an APC.
I still think he should have used the cannon
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it didnt have one
it was decommissioned.
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oh wow how interesting. small world isn't it. i guess a APC isn't as deadly as a tank... but if i was driving and saw that in my rear view mirror, i'd get the hell out of the way!
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..... "outages were caused by a nutter with an APC. we apologise to all customers"
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Was it Sprint?
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that's some crazy stuff. I bet he had a really fun time runnin into stuff
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