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<H1>Ham radio operator sentenced for jamming police</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>An amateur radio operator from San Jacinto, California, who
had admitted making a series of transmissions threatening the lives of local
police officers and fire department personnel has learned her fate. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the details.</FONT></P><FONT
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>On Friday, October 8th, twenty-nine year old <STRONG>Irene
Levy, KJ6CEY</STRONG>, pleaded guilty to seven charges involving interference to
the Hemet California police and the Riverside County Fire Department. A judge in
the city of Murrieta <STRONG>sentenced her to three years probation</STRONG> and
gave her credit for the time she spent in jail since her arrest last spring. She
was also ordered to <STRONG>undergo psychiatric care</STRONG>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>As previously reported on Amateur Radio Newsline, last May
3rd police closed in on KJ6CEY just seconds after she made a final transmission
on a Hemet police frequency using a commercial H-T. Investigators from the Hemet
Police Department as well as Cal Fire said that the unauthorized, random
transmissions were made from Levy's mobile home in San Jacinto. Her radio
transmissions, which included bomb threats, were monitored on frequencies used
by the Hemet police and the Riverside County Fire Department and that they went
beyond nuisance calls. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>At that time, Hemet Police Sargent Mark Richards was quoted
by The Press-Enterprise newspaper in Riverside as saying Levy disguised her
voice as a man and made references to the deaths of police and firefighters and
made bomb threats. He said some of the transmissions came during a Cal Fire
search and rescue call, a major traffic accident, and a brush fire.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Richards report stated the transmissions began May 1st and
ended in the early morning hours of May 3rd. He said in the report that
direction-finding equipment helped locate Levy, who in one of her transmissions
on May 2 suggested "police would never find her." Richards report said that
during the raid on her trailer, police seized 11 radios, seven scanners, radio
frequency lists, computer equipment and other miscellaneous radio gear. He says
in the report they also seized Levy's Technician class amateur radio license,
showing it had been issued inSeptember 2009. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>On her now removed QRZ.com bio page, Irene Levy had claimed
to have a General Mobile Radio Service license, but the call sign attached to it
is actually registered to her husband, Michael Levy KE6ALV. She had also claimed
to have monitored the Keller Peak repeater as well as the Hemet repeaters. Levy
also said in that now gone QRZ bio she was active on Citizens Band radio prior
to getting married and described herself as a CB'er at heart.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><EM><STRONG>Bruce Tennant, K6PZW</STRONG></EM><BR>Amateur
Radio Newsline </FONT></P><FONT face=Tahoma>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>But Irene Levy's problems may be far from over. At
this point the FCC has not yet entered into the matter. If it does and decides
to cite KJ6CEY, she could face a fine, a license suspension or even a hearing to
determine if she should be permitted to continue as an FCC amateur radio
licensee. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>(Inland Empire News, Press-Enterprise,
ARNewsline™)</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>