Utility worker requests police escort after violent resident, Marietta OH


A utility worker from AEP Ohio requested a police escort near Delma Road due to previous violent behavior from a resident when electricity was disconnected. The resident may have illegally restored power, prompting the employer to require police presence for the worker's safety.
Audio|Source: Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 84 Marietta and West Virginia State Police Troop 4 Parkersburg
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Transcript:
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I have an AEP employee on 19.
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He's supposed to be responding near Delma Road Unit C, near Delma Road Unit C.
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It advised that last week the electricity was disconnected from that address.
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They had to have an escort at that time, law enforcement escort due to violent nature, I guess, of the resident there.
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There's currently now belief that they somehow got that turn back on and their steps of the electricity.
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been going on, he needs to respond to this area, but his employer is requiring that he have a law enforcement escort.
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I'm familiar, I was in what took him last time.
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I can turn around.
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I'm at 56 and 62.
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What's their EPA?
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He's sitting at the pull off at Urban Road.
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He's just waiting in the area to see someone's available.
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Thanks for him. I can meet him there again.
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Here, Claire.
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Location mentioned:
Marietta, OH 45750
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