Show I A r DL r fr s 1 u y r r ra a y 1 E g 3 L 3 r 1 WPM w y 4 a t PHONE TRACER SEEKS OBSCENE Bountiful telephone manager E. E C. C Mien Allen repairman show shou pen register device used right and mul Elmer Larsen central office tracing annoyance calls The recent arrest of three Salt Lake City youths for placing placing ing annoyance telephone calls to a Bountiful woman added to toan toan toan an impressive record of 1968 apprehensions for telephone- telephone related offenses in Utah The youths have been referred to the juvenile court ACCORDING to E. E C. C Allen local manager for Mountain States Telephone the three youths brought to 48 the number number number num num- ber of persons arrested for fOl annoyance annoyance annoyance an an- calls during the first 11 months of this year Of these 34 were convicted During all of 1967 there were 16 arrests and 16 convictions convictions' I Ifor for the same offense MR ALLEN said the additional additional additional addi addi- arrests and convictions are a result of efficient electronic electronic electronic elec elec- tracing equipment and cooperation between telephone company security officials and law enforcement agencies First offenders in annoyance call cases are subject to a fine of and or six months in jail fail Second offenses are felonies felonies felonies fel fel- fel- fel onies and subject to maximum penalties of 1000 or and-or three years in prison MR ALLEN said annoyance calls range from pranks to obscenities obscenities ob ob- ob to threats When calls are of a serious nature victims are urged to report the incidents incidents incidents inci inci- dents to police who in turn request help from the phone company company- The manager said most annoyance annoyance annoyance an an- calls do not require Hio I police or telephone company I action Persons who receive prank calls are advised to hang up immediately IF CALLS persist however and police are arc contacted action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion such as number changes or 01 tracing of calls can be taken The tracers identify phones from which calls are made and further investigation enables police to make arrests I Some arrests have actually been made while calls were still in progress said Mr Al Al- len In addition to the annoyance call cases there have been 34 telephone-related telephone arrests and 27 convictions for offenses such I as coin larceny toll fraud and I theft of f telephone equipment |