A dispatcher helped police capture a suspect after the victim used texts to contact 911. These Indiana, Kentucky & Illinois counties offer TExt-to-911 services.
Devon Garnett and his friends were watching hockey one night when they got a visit from their local police, saying that there was a report of violence. Turns out when his neighbors heard him yelling, "I dare you to shoot!" they thought something more serious was happening...
There was no 'joy-ride' here. 11-year-old PJ Brewer-Laye noticed that his grandma wasn't feeling well while he was driving his go-kart around, so he went and got her Mercedes to drive her to the hospital.
Brewer-Laye, who lives in Indianapolis, noticed that his grandmother was having a hard time standing...
A woman bought a package of smoked turkey tails to cook for dinner, but found one that she claimed to look like male genitals. So, she decided to call the police.
The woman from Akron, Ohio thought that phallic turkey pieces were a reason to alert the authorities and, surprisingly, the police took it seriously...
I realize that on this day lots of folks are going to post things about where they were when they heard about or saw the events on September 11, 2001...and I think that's ok. I think it's important to stop for a minute and remember that day...not just where you were or what you were doing, but how you felt that day and in the days that followed.
If the late night commercials are any indication, there are a lot of sexy hot local singles waiting to chat for a $1.99 per minute. However, the number you need to dial isn't 911. One man in Florida didn't get the memo.
Talk about a bizarre beer run.
The AP is reporting that Raymond Roberge of Bridgeport, CT, dialed 911 three times on Sunday. When authorities finally showed up to his house, the 65-year-old man gave them money "to go to the store and buy him some beer."