Verizon Offers up to $50,000 for Information on Vandals Who Damaged Telephone Cables in Reading, Pa.
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Verizon is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the individuals responsible for vandalizing Verizon's copper telephone cables in two recent incidents, putting public safety at risk for hundreds of customers in Reading and causing unnecessary telephone service outages.
Telephone cables under the Bingaman Street Bridge were vandalized on Sept. 16 and again on Tuesday (Sept. 25). As a result of these crimes, hundreds of Verizon local phone customers have unnecessarily experienced telephone service delays - up to several days in some cases - and endured risks to their personal safety.
"These incidents are incomprehensible because they put people's lives in danger and can cost thousands of dollars to repair," said Jay Beasley, director of operations for Verizon Pennsylvania. "We will not tolerate these deliberate and malicious acts against our telephone network and our customers."
Verizon is working closely with state and local law enforcement authorities to find and prosecute those responsible.
The company urges anyone with information about these crimes to contact Verizon Security at 1-800-997-3287, or local law enforcement authorities.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 94 million retail customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 188,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
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