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	"plain_text": "Man accused of jamming passengers’ cell phones on Chicago\r\nsubway\r\nBy David Kravets\r\nPublished: 2016-03-10 · Archived: 2026-04-05 21:16:30 UTC\r\nUndercover officers have arrested a 63-year-old Chicago man on accusations that he used a handheld jamming\r\ndevice to disrupt mobile phone service on the subway.\r\nPhoto from Reddit of the alleged cell phone jammer.\r\nPhoto from Reddit of the alleged cell phone jammer.\r\nThe lawyer for the financial analyst at the University of Illinois Hospital \u0026 Health Sciences System said his client\r\njust wanted peace and quiet on his commute. “He’s disturbed by people talking around him,” Chicago attorney\r\nCharles Lauer said of defendant Dennis Nicholl. “He might have been selfish in thinking about himself, but he\r\ndidn’t have any malicious intent.”\r\nThe Chicago Tribune also said that a local judge, when setting $10,000 bail after the Tuesday arrest, dubbed the\r\ndefendant “the cellphone police.” Lauer did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment.\r\nhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/man-accused-of-jamming-passengers-cell-phones-on-chicago-subway/\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nChicago Transit Authority commuters have been complaining for months that their mobile devices were suddenly\r\nlosing connectivity while riding Chicago’s subway and elevated train lines. Pictures of the alleged culprit had been\r\ncirculating on social media and even on Reddit. An undercover operation, police said, led to the man’s arrest on a\r\nfelony charge of signal jamming, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in prison.\r\nSource: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/man-accused-of-jamming-passengers-cell-phones-on-chicago-subway/\r\nhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/man-accused-of-jamming-passengers-cell-phones-on-chicago-subway/\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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