Windover
PATTERSON – A Patterson man is in the Putnam County Jail in connection with three separate thefts of copper fixtures from cell communications towers in Patterson and Kent.
Brian Windover, 38, is accused of breaking into the tower site shelters
and stealing several copper grounding bars from inside the facilities.
He allegedly broke into the facilities at Concord Road in Patterson on
July 23, at another tower along Route 301 in Kent on July 27, and at a
third tower along Ludingtonville Road in Patterson on August 14.
Sheriff’s investigators were able to obtain images of his vehicle from a security camera video recording on July 27. On August 14, an investigator spotted a car matching the suspect’s entering the cell tower property there. The investigator checked more closely and caught Windover in the act of entering the facility. Further investigation connected him to the two earlier thefts and he was arrested for all three, charged with burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief and possession of burglar’s tools.
Windover is being held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond.
Investigations are ongoing into other similar thefts from cell towers in the area.
