FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) - A Macon businessman was arrested on a burglary charge after authorities say he was caught breaking into The Creek 100.9 radio tower building in Peach County.
Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese tells local media that 80-year-old Lowell Register was arrested Sunday afternoon after deputies saw him and his son-in-law trying to break into the radio tower. Register allegedly had a drill in his hand when he was spotted.
Register, the former owner of Register Communications, is charged with burglary. His son-in-law wasn’t charged.
Brad Evans, co-owner of the radio station, said he would seek federal charges against Register for attempting to interfere with their broadcasting.
Register admitted to taking a motherboard chip from the radio tower on Saturday afternoon, causing The Creek to go off air. He told authorities he did so because the tower is on his property.
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