Man tries to cut down pole with chainsaw near South Jefferson, St Joseph County MI
A man near South Jefferson used a chainsaw to try to cut down a telephone pole. The man was reported to possibly have suicidal intentions during the incident. Authorities were called to the area to respond to the situation.
Audio|Source: St. Joseph County Sheriff, Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Dax right now for a mail trying to change the phone pole.
00:05
Okay, go. Okay, good.
00:11
5456, copy one.
00:13
Go to 56. Go 56.
00:19
245-0 for release.
00:24
We're on the ground. We're on the ground.
00:37
We're out. We're out.
00:46
Go around back with them.
00:49
Central gets the air.
00:54
Issuing 1033 for 99 units for near South Jefferson.
01:12
The chain saw running was trying to cut down the telephone pole.
01:17
Clear running with a chainsaw and tried to cut down it, the telephone pole.
01:25
That's right.
01:28
Go ahead.
01:35
We try and reach out to 9916 and 9903 to get the respond down here.
01:52
724, have your responding, please stage in the area, near South Jefferson, initially called in as a third or fourth party report of a suicidal mail stating was going to take a chainsaw to an electrical pole. We have since taken a call for that.
02:07
Seems not safe.
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St. Joseph County, MI
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