By Andrew Munro
Butt-dialing is when someone accidentally calls a number
with their phone in their pocket. Usually the results are pretty boring - just
some muffled background noises. It gets less boring, however, when the number accidentally
dialed is 911. It happens thousands of times every day and has become a real
problem for police, who don’t have the resources to follow each one up. But
every now and then, they strike the jackpot with crooks who butt-dial 911 in
the middle of a crime.
Accidental pocket dials might be keeping police busy, but
when New Jersey
police responded to a butt dial from 22-year-old Andrew Macfarlane, the
dispatcher could hear him talking about marijuana. Before Macfarlane knew it, police were at his door. He let
them in, and they had a look around, discovering a small amount of drugs. He
was arrested right there and taken to the police station, where he was charged
with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
9 Justin Kryzanowski
While Macfarlane was simply using drugs when he accidentally
called the cops, Justin Kryzanowski was in the process of buying them. Police
paid him a visit at home, where they found him surrounded by syringes and pill
bottles, dosed to the gills on an opiate substitute called Suboxone. They also found some brass knuckles, and he was arrested and
charged with possession of drugs, paraphernalia, and weaponry. As for the guy
he was buying it from, all they know is that his name might be Rick and he’s probably
the guy to talk to if you want any Suboxone.
8 James Green
No one likes it when their neighbor uses a leaf blower in
the morning, especially on weekends. You’re trying to sleep in, and they blast
away at whatever foliage they can find. It’s not a stretch to suggest that
these people should be arrested, and that’s exactly what happened to James
Green. He was doing some yard work with a leaf blower when the phone in his
pocket repeatedly dialed 911. Police managed to triangulate his location and hurried to
the scene. When they arrived, they were relieved to see that there wasn’t an
emergency, but that didn’t stop them from taking a closer look. A bit of
digging revealed two outstanding arrest warrants over failure to pay fines.
They arrested him on the spot.
7 Payton Brewer
Burgling a widow’s house while she’s at her husband’s
funeral is pretty low. Perhaps it was out of a sense of shame that Payton
Brewer accidentally pocket-dialed police after doing just that (but let’s be honest,
it probably wasn’t shame-related). After answering the call, Payton and his accomplice were
overheard discussing their take, which included cash, jewelry, and a gun. One
of them worried that they missed a lot because they “didn’t even get to go through
half of the house.” This was met with a declaration of “We’re good. I got
enough jewelry.” Thanks to the call, police were able to track the
less-than-dynamic duo to a nearby pawn shop, where Brewer was caught selling
the stolen goods. However, his accomplice managed to escape. Police are
currently searching for anyone talking about how their dumb, butt-dialing
accomplice almost got them arrested.
6 Daniel Moore
You can get a lot of things at Waffle House. There are
waffles, of course, but also sandwiches, steaks, burgers, hydrocodone, and
salads. Availability of some of these items varies depending on location. For
instance, the prescription drugs were only available for a limited time at one
Waffle House in Georgia - thanks
to Daniel Moore. When dispatchers answered a call from Moore around 1:30 AM, they could hear several
people discussing a drug sale. They traced the call to the restaurant and sent
an officer to investigate. The first problem was finding out whose phone made
the call. The sheriff’s deputy handled it methodically: He spoke to everyone
there one by one while the dispatcher listened in. When they heard the familiar
voice on the other end of the line, the dispatcher told the officer they had
their guy.
5 Jason Hamielec And
Brian Johnson
Thanks to the magic of call tracing, it’s usually easy for
authorities to track down a mystery dialer. But in the case of Jason Hamielec
and Brian Johnson, they must have figured the police needed some extra help. In
2011, they robbed a Target, and as they made their getaway, one of them called
the police - who listened in on their hour-long conversation. They were so chatty that call tracing wasn’t necessary. One
of them even gave a description of the car they were driving. But their biggest
mistake was discussing where they could sell their loot and (quite audibly)
deciding on a specific video store. Much to their surprise, the police were
waiting for them in the parking lot. As soon as they pulled in, they found
themselves surrounded and arrested.
4 Douglas Wolaver
A pocket dial isn’t the only way a crook can be betrayed by
their phone, but in the case of Douglas Wolaver, that’s how it began. He had
broken into someone else’s house when he dialed 911. The dispatcher didn’t hear
anything incriminating but traced the call and sent police just in case. The first thing the police noticed at the scene was a broken
window. As they searched the house, Wolaver hid himself in the bathroom.
Although they probably would’ve found him anyway, Wolaver’s phone started
beeping because of the low-battery alert, leading police directly to his hiding
place.
3 Raleigh Reynolds
Dealing drugs a block from the police station is a gutsy
move. And it would have been just another day at the methamphetamine office for
Raleigh Reynolds had his customer not butt-dialed 911. As soon as it became apparent that someone was selling drugs
nearby, police walked a few steps and caught them in the act. At first, they
denied having a phone on them, but the officer wasn’t going to let them off
that easily. He raised his voice until the dispatcher could hear him over the
still-connected phone. Raleigh
was arrested and later released on bail, while his pocket-dialing customer was
cited for possession of 28 grams (less than an ounce) of marijuana and ordered
to appear in court.
2 Dumas Butt-Dialers
Around 6:00 PM one evening, police in Monticello,
Arkansas
received a call from a woman who claimed she was being threatened in a church
parking lot by four other women. She said they were kicking her car, but (for
whatever reason) she didn’t think to drive away or call the police until one of
them pointed a gun at her. A short while later, she called again - because the same women
were now throwing rocks at her car. This time, the police arrived in time to
catch two of the suspects, but the other two managed to elude capture. Police
searched for them, but it was getting dark and starting to look like they would
escape. At about 7:30 PM, a dispatcher radioed the pursuing police
because one of the runners accidentally butt-dialed 911. The police called the
runners back and tracked them down with their phone, which lit up when called.
As one might expect, hiding in a dark forest suddenly becomes much harder when
you’re carrying a bright, glowing screen with you. There are no reports on why
the women didn’t just shut off their phone.
1 Wesley Strom
Wesley Strom butt-dialed police in the middle of stealing a
car - on not one but four separate occasions. The first call revealed two men
laying out a plan: “You pull up, I jump out,” one said. “I’ll go jiggle a key,
I’ll be done in . . . 37 seconds.” Despite their best efforts, police couldn’t find the
thieves. The second call came four days later with one of the mystery thieves
shouting at the other: “You’re freaking out for nothing. They’re not even
looking for us. We haven’t done anything yet.” Once, again, police came up
empty-handed. The third call came only a few hours later, and this time they
were discussing stealing the rims from another car. Police were once again dispatched,
but only found an abandoned, stolen car. At this point, dispatchers were on the lookout for the
phantom caller and were prepared when the fourth call came two days later. They
quickly traced the call to an apartment complex - where they found Wesley Strom
in the parking lot. Fortunately, he had an outstanding arrest warrant for a
misdemeanor, so police took him in. He initially denied having anything to do
with the calls, but as soon as police played back the recorded conversations,
he admitted to everything. Maybe if he didn’t have such muscular
glutes . . .
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