"I JAM THEIR CELLPHONES BECAUSE THEIR TALK ANNOYS ME" - ARRESTED CHICAGO MAN

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Dennis Nicholl, 63, faces felony charges of interfering with cellphone calls using a signal jamming device on the CTA Red Line in Chicago, Illinois.
The crotchety Chicago man who became notorious among commuters for riding the train with a cellphone jammer and a six-pack of beer now faces felony charges for using the signal-blocking device to get some peace on his way home.
Dennis Nicholl was arrested Tuesday for using a cellphone jammer on the metro because “he was disturbed by people talking around him,” his attorney, Charles Lauer, told the Chicago Tribune.

 The 63-year-old financial planner for the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System had become well-known among commuters on Chicago’s Red Line railway who noticed their calls would drop around the bulky, antennaed device on Nicholl's lap.

 Some commuters also noticed a six-pack of Old Style beer at his feet, as seen in photos that circulated online for months.

 Nicholl was finally busted after undercover officers set up a sting operation and deployed a plainclothes cop to commute alongside him.

 The inconspicuous cop made a phone call and, when it dropped after Nicholl turned on his device, he handcuffed him at the next stop.

 Nicholl admitted to police that he “gets annoyed at people talking on their cellphones while riding on” Chicago’s transit system, according to the police report.

 Cellphone jammers violate federal law and can disrupt all phone or radio signals in their immediate surroundings, causing calls to suddenly drop. People who use or sell them in the U.S. can face prison time and significant fines — up to $16,000 for each violation, according to the FCC.

 It's illegal to use cellphone jammers in public and can lead to hefty fines up to $16,000 per violation or prison time. Nicholl admitted to police that he 'gets annoyed by people' having conversations on their phone around him.

The judge on Nicholl's case dubbed the cantankerous commuter the “cellphone police” and set a hefty $10,000 bail.
Nicholl's lawyer said the man was harmless and just trying to get some peace and quiet on his ride home.

 “He might have been selfish in thinking about himself, but he didn’t have any malicious intent,” Lauer said.

 Nicholl posted bond and left jail Wednesday.

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