Two people have been charged in Kansas City for allegedly cutting cables at a cell tower.

As reported by KCTV 5, Haynah-Aoys H. Hoear, 35, and Courtney A. Vincent, 31, cut down cables at a cell tower near Independence Plaza.

The tower in question serves more than 1,700 customers in the Kansas City metro. The duo has been charged with damaging critical infrastructure.

Kansas City Police Department noted that at around 11:10 am on Monday (July 14), officers were called to a local cellular tower following reports of a disturbance.

Investigators allege that the suspects had broken into the fenced-in area and pulled down cables from the top of the wire bridge, while they also got into several cabinets.

The alleged perpetrators reportedly fled the scene before being caught later.

Police said that they had to shut off the power at the site following the attack on the infrastructure.

Both face charges of damaging critical infrastructure, while Hoear faces an additional trespassing charge.

The pair could be sentenced up to seven years in prison and fined $10,000 each, if convicted, while Hoear faces an additional six months and could be ordered to pay another $1,000 if convicted of both of his charges.

A bond review hearing has been set for July 23, with a preliminary hearing expected on August 13.

It's just the latest attack against telecoms infrastructure in the US. The issue has become so rife that Charter Communications labeled recent vandalism against its fiber infrastructure as an "act of domestic terrorism."

Earlier this year, former Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O'Rielly also called for tougher punishments for people who steal or attack telecom infrastructure.

One of the biggest factors for vandalism against telecom infrastructure is the value of materials such as copper. DCD has covered several stories in the last year alone relating to copper theft.

One such example of this happened last year when suspected copper thieves toppled a 488-foot rod cell tower in Oklahoma, causing an estimated $500,000 in damage.