This is outrageous. I hope they can find a way to prosecute these people. Many years ago, I remember my son was in a minor school bus accident. All the kids were fine (a stone kicked up broke a window), but a man a few blocks away died from a severe electrical shock while all the units were tied up at the bus accident. We felt so badly. According to the law, the children had priority so the man was left for quite some time.
If I had a true 911 emergency on that day, and the help did not come because these idiots had screwed up the phones, I would be more than furious.
I thought the same thing upon reading that. If those idiots can be caught somehow, they should be tossed in the hole for a long time.