Investigators with the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office are searching for the person or persons who damaged fiber optic lines by shooting at them with a suspected .22 rifle, causing an estimated $50,000 in damage.

Investigators with the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office are searching for the person or persons who damaged fiber optic lines by shooting at them with a suspected .22 rifle, causing an estimated $50,000 in damage.

According to a post on social media Friday, Thumb Electric Company reported damage to three storage loops of their fiber optic cable located on electrical poles on Riley Road near English Road in Wells and Kingston townships.

The storage loops were shot multiple times by a suspected .22 rifle. The damage is estimated to be about $50,000.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact Sgt. Joshua Herman at 989-673-8161, ext. 2231.     

Mark Birdsall has been the assistant editor of the Huron Daily Tribune since April 2022. Mark was first hired by the Tribune in the summer of 2019 to serve as sports editor, covering high school sports and running the Tribune's annual football contest. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Huron County and shut down high school sports in March 2020, Mark made a temporary move to news and officially joined the newsroom as a reporter in July 2021.

Prior to arriving at the Tribune, Mark was night desk editor for the Cadillac News, where he also helped out the sports department on busy high school football and basketball nights. He previously worked at the Holland Sentinel and the Greenville Daily News.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in print journalism from Grand Valley State University, where he was editor of the student newspaper, The Lanthorn.

A native of Bay City, Mark is an avid fan of the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, Michigan State Spartans and the Chicago Cubs. He's also a movie buff and enjoys attending live music events in his spare time.

Mark can be reached by phone at 989-623-3188 or by email at mark.birdsall@hearstnp.com