Wausau Man Cuts Fiber-Optic Cables Causing Outage

Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 -- 10:00 AM

A Wausau man was arrested after intentionally damaging fiber-optic cables.

The cables provided internet and telecommunications in downtown Wausau. This created a Spectrum cable outage this past Saturday morning in Wausau. The man responsible was identified as 55-year-old George Wood.

Wood appeared in Marathon County Court on Monday for the incident. He’s facing charges of criminal damage to utility services.

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