The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $25,000 fine...
The FCC Enforcement Bureau proposed a $25,000 fine against a Bay Shore, New York, man for allegedly operating a radio transmitter without a license and interfering with the radio communications system of the Melville Fire District, also in New York.…
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Newsday reported that Drew Buckley, of Bay Shore, was charged with chanting “aah, la, la” and other “gibberish” on Melville Fire Department’s radio frequency over a period of nine months before he was arrested last year (http://nwsdy.li/TBBTsk). Buckley’s alleged actions demonstrate “a deliberate disregard for public safety and the Commission’s authority and rules, warranting a substantial penalty above our normal sanction for unlicensed operations that interfere with licensed communications,” the bureau said Thursday (http://bit.ly/1jRHaSZ).