Abbotsford Police investigating repeated vandalism, damage to cell tower site

ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is investigating three separate incidents of vandalism and damage that have occurred to a single cell phone tower in the 35000 block of Raven Court.

In a news release Thursday afternoon (Feb. 9), Sgt. Paul Walker of the Abbotsford Police reported that the three incidents, which occurred in the evening hours of January 1, 8 and 12, the cell tower sustained extensive damage to its communications equipment located at the site, resulting in thousands of dollars in damage. Damage to critical infrastructure of this nature is very concerning to the Abbotsford Police, Sgt. Walker pointed out.

Image: Supplied by Abbotsford Police / A vandal who caused damage to an Abbotsford cell tower appears to conceal his face and obscure his identity.

Additionally, incidents like this can impact calls to 9-1-1 from callers using cell phones around the cell tower should the equipment be taken offline. With the assistance of the AbbyPD Forensics Identification Section, GIS investigators continue to advance this investigation and are releasing images of the suspect to the public for assistance in this investigation.