Authorities say 67-year-old Ronald Derisi, of /*Smithtown*/, allegedly cut at least 12 feeder cables to a Metro PCS tower under construction in /*Nesconset*/.
/*Suffolk County*/ police arrested Derisi on Thursday.
Sources told Eyewitness News that in full view of surveillance cameras, Derisi allegedly uses a hand saw to cut through about a dozen of these thick cables. He also allegedly vandalized other parts of the tower with foam and paint, costing the town about a hundred thousand dollars.
He is charged with two felonies, first-degree tampering and second-degree criminal mischief.
