A SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD FINANCIAL ANALYST IN CHICAGO IS FACING
SOME SERIOUS FELONY CHARGES
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE USED WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS A JAMMER
ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN
ORDER TO MAKE EVERYONE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, CAR, OR IN A CAR,
LOSE RECEPTION ON THEIR CELL PHONES.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
IN THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU SEEK TO PURCHASE SUCH A DEVICE
YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW, AND IT HAS SERIOUS PENALTIES INVOLVES.
BUT DENNIS NICHOLL WAS SO EMPLOYED ñ
WAS SO ANNOYED WITH PEOPLE TALKING ON HIS CELL PHONE WHEN
USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT HE TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN
HANDS, BUT ONE OF THESE DEVICES ONLINE, THROUGH CHINA, AND
THEN PROCEEDED TO MESS AROUND ON THESE CARS AND GET PEOPLE ñ
SEE, WE'RE LOSING TO CHINA.
WE CAN'T WIN ANYMORE, LOOK AT WHAT THE CHINESE HAVE DONE
TO US.
I LOVE THIS STORY, BUT I FEEL BAD FOR HIM BECAUSE OF THE
CHARGES HE IS FACING.
SOLELY MUGSHOTS AGAIN.
HE LOOKS LIKE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF GUY YOU WOULD BE ANNOYED
BY OTHER PEOPLE TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES.
MY FAVORITE PART OF THE STORY IS THAT ONE OF HIS
COWORKERS SAID THAT HE IS A TOTALLY NICE GUY, HE KEEPS
TO HIMSELF, BUT HE'S A LITTLE ANTISOCIAL.
YOU THINK?
THAT GOES TO THE HEART OF WHY HE IS DOING THIS.
HIS LAWYER HAS ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE MEDIA, AND HE IS OF
COURSE DEFENDING HIS CLIENT.
HE SAYS, "HE IS DISTURBED BY PEOPLE TALKING AROUND HIM.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN SELFISH AND BIGGIE ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT
HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MALICIOUS INTENT."
IN AT LEAST ONE CASE, A FLORIDA RESIDENT WAS HIT WITH A
$48,000 FINE FOR USING A CELL PHONE JAMMING DEVICE AS HE
COMMUTED DAILY AROUND TAMPA.
SO THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
THIS MAN TOLD OFFICIALS THAT HE WANTED TO PREVENT MOTORISTS
FROM USING THEIR CELL PHONES WHEN DRIVING.
THE WAY THAT NICHOLL GOT CAUGHT, HE WAS USING THE TRAIN, AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A GUY WHO NOTICED HIM TAKING OUT
THIS DEVICE.
IT IS NOT REALLY A DISCRETE DEVICE, IT HAD A BUNCH OF
ANTENNAS, IT IS A BIG BLACK THING.
BASICALLY, HE NOTICED, THIS GUY IS TAKING THIS DEVICE OUT
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL OF THESE CALLS DROPPED.
HE TOOK A PICTURE, AND THAT IS THE PICTURE THAT WENT VIRAL
ONLINE, AND THEN OFFICIALS DID A STING OPERATION AND THEY
CAUGHT HIM.
BECAUSE HE DOES IT EVERY DAY.
TO COME TO MIXED BAG PARTS.
ON THE ONE HAND I FEEL BAD FOR THE GUY, SOMEBODY PUT IT
GREAT HERE, THEY SAID, THIS IS BASICALLY A DIGITAL STAY
OFF MY LAWN.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS, RIGHT?
FIRST OF ALL, SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN CALLING 911.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT AN
EMERGENCY ON THE TRAIN.
OTHER THAN THAT, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HANG UP ON
EVERYBODY, THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.
THE OTHER GUY IN FLORIDA, I DID NOT LIKE PEOPLE TALKING ON
THEIR CELL PHONES, WELL THEN GET A LAW PASSED THAT SAYS YOU
CAN'T TALK ON THE PHONE WHILE IN YOUR CAR.
WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.
I WOULD BE SUPER ANNOYED IF HE HUNG UP ON ME, BUT I DON'T
HATE THE GUY, I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.
I DO TOO, BUT HE IS NOT LEARNED HIS LESSON.
HE GOT IN TROUBLE FOR THE SAME THING BACK IN 2009,
AND HE GOT CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR.
HE DID NOT LEARN, FAST-FORWARD TO TODAY AND HE IS NOW OF
COURSE DEALING WITH A FELONY.
BY THE WAY, WHEN HE FIRST GOT CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR
THEY WERE LIKE, ALL RIGHT WE ARE NOT GOING TO THROW YOU IN
JAIL, WE'RE JUST WANT TO MONITOR YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE
FOLLOWING THE LAW, BUT NOW HE IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL
INTERFERENCE OF A PUBLIC UTILITY, AND THAT IS A FELONY,
SO THERE COULD BE PRISON TIME AS A RESULT OF THIS.
AS I'M READING THROUGH THE STORY I'M THINKING, LET HIM
GO, THIS IS NOT THE GUY TO BE GOING AFTER.
AND I EVEN CAME TO A CONCLUSION BEFORE THE END OF THE STORY,
JUST GIVE HIM A MISDEMEANOR AND TELL HIM NOT TO DO IT AGAIN.
HE'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
AND AT THE END OF THE STORY I SAW, THIS GUY HAS BEEN
DOING IT SINCE 2009, WE ALREADY GAVE HIM A MISDEMEANOR.
THE ANTISOCIAL THING MAKES ME HAVE SOME SORT OF ñ
SOME SORT OF SYMPATHY FOR HIM, BUT THE SAME TIME IT'S
ABOUT CONTROL, AND IT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
YOU DON'T GET TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO, I TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
SO, NO, DUDE, IF YOU HAVE DONE IT ONCE BECAUSE YOU WERE A
CRAPPY ñ BECAUSE YOU ARE A CRABBY OLD MAN, I WANT TO
GIVE YOU A HUG AND A MISDEMEANOR AND CALL IT A DAY.
BUT IF YOU ARE DOING THIS OVER AND OVER AND NOT LISTENING
TO THE AUTHORITIES, THEN IT HAS TO BE A FELONY AND THERE
HAVE TO BE CONSEQUENCES.
I AGREE, I THINK THE CHARGES MAKE SENSE, I THINK THEY
FIT THE CRIME.
I DON'T WANT TO THROW HIM IN PRISON FOR EVEN A MONTH,
BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME PUNISHMENT THEY GET THE
POINT ACROSS SO THAT HE DOES NOT DO IT AGAIN.
IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY TIME MY PHONE DROPPED.
HIS NAME IS DENNIS NICHOLL, GET IT?