Disconnected Cell Phone Hampers Search

A missing 62 year-old Carrollton (Ohio) man who may have been suicidal fled sheriff’s deputies when they arrived to investigate a disturbance at his home, and the deputies learned they couldn’t track the man down using his cellular phone because Verizon demanded $20 to reinstate the man’s phone service. Sheriff Dale Williams says the man was at-risk and fled into a rural area. He called Verizon, but learned they wouldn’t assist until someone paid the man’s overdue phone bill. Williams was in the process of paying the bill when search teams found the man unconscious. Read more about the incident here.