Rajib Mitra, 27, from Brookfield, was convicted of interfering with emergency communication during the 2003 Halloween weekend — a time of hectic police activity because the holiday draws thousands of people to the city — and on Nov. 11, 2003.

The judge ruled that the police communication system qualified as critical infrastructure under the new federal guidelines that took effect in November 2003 — designed to punish domestic terrorists.

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