August 12, 2006
Two teenage boys were charged with second-degree theft after Bettendorf police found them in possession of radios and other equipment reported missing from a White House agency.
Matthew Bradshaw, 13, and Angel Luis Reyes III, 14, both of Bettendorf, were arrested July 30 when police discovered them with communications equipment that belonged to the White House Communications Agency.
The equipment, described by the Associated Press as three radios and more than a half-dozen "earpiece/wrist microphone combinations," apparently was reported missing less than a week before a July 17 visit to Bettendorf by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Officials said the radios couldn't be operated without a special code. No White House or Secret Service officials would comment, however, about how the radios disappeared in the first place....
Court documents said the White House Communications Agency reported the items missing in July, less than a week before a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney...
A Secret Service spokesman and an official from the White House Communications Agency both declined comment.