Verizon worker thankful 911 operator could hear him now

[ChromeFoundry]

Police say man locked technician inside telecommunications vault
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By Paul McNamara on Wed, 08/07/13 - 1:49pm.

A Verizon technician, working inside of an underground telecommunications vault, was forced to summon the police via 911 after a 71-year-old man closed the cover and piled stones on the lid, causing the worker to fear he might suffocate.

This occurred Monday in Westborough, Mass., which is a town over from where I live. According to a report in the MetroWest Daily News:

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Police identified the suspect as Howard W. Cook, 71, of 12 Chestnut St., Westborough, and mediated the dispute, which began because Cook was upset that the Verizon worker parked on the grass at his business, Westboro Self Storage.

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[Sheldon Cooper]

1. WTF??

He locked him in a vault because he parked on the grass? Jesus christ grandpa, take a pill.

[denverbill]

2. Westboro. Figures.

Something about that word must cause people to go nuts.

Glad they are bringing serious charges against that asshole.

[PoliticAverse]

3. Extreme form of 'get (your vehicle) off my lawn'... n/t

[OhioChick]

4. " removing the ladder from the vault and barricading the cover"

Just because he was on his grass?

[Coyotl]

5. Perhaps a little old age is setting in.

The old man should be on grass

[OhioChick]

6. !