Pineville Man Charged After Phone Line Found In The Bed Of His Truck

From the Pineville Police Department -

David Gambrel - BCDC

Saturday evening, July 19, 2025, at 5:50 p.m., Pineville Officer Patrick Brooks found a 2010 Ford Ranger with an individual standing next to it identified as 55-year-old David Gambrel of Pineville. The officer checked on Gambrel as a motorist in need of assistance.

During the check, Officer Brooks discovered that Gambrel had loaded multiple severed AT&T lines in the bed of the pickup truck that had been reported cut to the Kentucky State Police earlier in the morning on Saturday.

David Gambrel was arrested and lodged in the Bell County Detention Center, charged with criminal mischief - 1st degree - tampering with key infrastructure assets.

The officer states in his citation that Gambrel: "having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, intentionally or wantonly damages, possesses, or tampers with the operation of a key infrastructure asset (defined as a facility, equipment, or communication line used in the delivery of cable television, telephony, or broadband service) in a manner that renders the asset inoperable, in whole or part, or renders the operation of the asset harmful or dangerous."