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Man arrested, allegedly turned off power to cellphone tower in Woodland Park

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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KOAA) — A man has been arrested after he allegedly intentionally turned off the power to a cellphone tower, according to the Woodland Park Police Department.

The incident happened Thursday afternoon when cellular service customers and emergency services in and around Woodland Park experienced a service outage.

On Friday, radio service workers reported a man, later identified as Christian Buhr, had entered the fenced-in property where the tower was around 4:45 p.m. Thursday and intentionally turned off the power.

The workers said Buhr turned off circuit breakers, which disabled the tower and shut down T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless communications.

Officers later arrested Buhr for charges related to the incident. Police say he is being held at the Teller County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

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