That’s because Slaybaugh’s cellphone was being spammed with more than 100 identical emails at the time, disabling his device, according to a Dayton police incident report.
The emails, all from the same account ending with “@everyactioncustom.com,” included the subject line “Permanently Preserve Paul Knoop Prairie.”
The city of Dayton has a plan in place for development of the 140 acres of prairie near the airport. The emails were urging the city to find a new site for development.
People looking to block the development have been petitioning the Dayton City Commission for several weeks.
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“Prairies are really important to humans because they mitigate flooding,” Dr. Chelse Prather, who teaches biology at the University of Dayton, told News Center 7’s Mike Campbell on Friday. “They soak up excess nutrients that can cause harmful pollution or harm human health.”
City IT directors blocked the domain the next morning, but Slaybaugh had already received 162 messages.
Supporters of the prairie have not responded to a message asking about the spam attack.
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