The Associated Press
CALLAWAY, Fla. (AP) - A woman was arrested on drug charges after accidentally dialing 911 and hanging up, which brought a sheriff’s deputy to her home to investigate, authorities say.
Investigators said the wrong number led them Wednesday to one the largest methamphetamine laboratories ever found in Bay County.
Deputies said Vicki Lynn Nunnery, 43, told them she hung up the phone after realizing she had inadvertently dialed 911 when she started to call someone else. She was unaware that it is standard procedure for police to send an officer to investigate all 911 disconnections.
The investigating deputy smelled the distinct odor of meth while talking with Nunnery and Vito James Knowles, 44, who also was arrested, said sheriff’s Sgt. Rob Ashman.
Narcotics investigators were contacted and a search warrant obtained, Ashman said. He said the search disclosed that the three-bedroom house in this Panama City suburb was functioning as a giant meth lab.
Nunnery and Knowles were charged with trafficking meth and face additional drug and weapon charges, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Ruth Sasser.
Both remained at the Bay County Jail in Panama City on Thursday. Nunnery’s bail was set at $100,000 and Knowles’ at $80,000.
Jail records did not indicate whether they had lawyers and no attorneys were present in the public defender’s office Thursday afternoon.