Thieves mistakenly pocket dial 911 during break in
Published: 2013 May 21 10:48:22 (5664 Views)
For most cell phone users, "pocket dialing" — activating one of the phone's pre-programmed hot keys with your butt — is more of a nuisance than anything else.
But for a couple of druggies/car thieves in California, such an unintended phone call was a one-way ticket to the slammer.
Fox News Insider notes that Nathan Teklemariam and Carson Rinehart, both 20, were busted on Friday by Fresno police after a 911 dispatcher received an unusual call that consisted entirely of background conversation.
It didn't take the dispatcher long to realize that the callers weren't so much in danger as they were up to no good, so he continued to listen in.
In a recording obtained by KGPE.com, one of the suspects can be heard saying, "I just want to smoke weed so bad right now."
This is followed soon after by the sound of breaking glass. Then comes the declaration "They're narcos yee-ah," meaning the pair had scored prescription drugs.
Ultimately, the dispatcher was able to get a fix on the pair's location and sent out a patrol car. But he continued to monitor the call.
The men face charges of breaking and entering, possession of stolen property, and conspiracy.
In case you're wondering whether this is a first in the annals of police work, it's not — by a long shot.
ABC News reported in April 2012 that a car thief in Washington state butt-dialed 911 while staging a break-in not once, not twice, but on four separate occasions.
- Examiner
But for a couple of druggies/car thieves in California, such an unintended phone call was a one-way ticket to the slammer.
Fox News Insider notes that Nathan Teklemariam and Carson Rinehart, both 20, were busted on Friday by Fresno police after a 911 dispatcher received an unusual call that consisted entirely of background conversation.
It didn't take the dispatcher long to realize that the callers weren't so much in danger as they were up to no good, so he continued to listen in.
In a recording obtained by KGPE.com, one of the suspects can be heard saying, "I just want to smoke weed so bad right now."
This is followed soon after by the sound of breaking glass. Then comes the declaration "They're narcos yee-ah," meaning the pair had scored prescription drugs.
Ultimately, the dispatcher was able to get a fix on the pair's location and sent out a patrol car. But he continued to monitor the call.
The men face charges of breaking and entering, possession of stolen property, and conspiracy.
In case you're wondering whether this is a first in the annals of police work, it's not — by a long shot.
ABC News reported in April 2012 that a car thief in Washington state butt-dialed 911 while staging a break-in not once, not twice, but on four separate occasions.
- Examiner
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