By Police1 Staff
Police are constantly swamped, so it’s appreciated when crooks help our officers out from time to time. In this week’s ‘Trending Topics,’ we take a look at five incidents in which criminals took the guess work out of catching them by calling 911 themselves. Take a look and add your thoughts below.
Police: Burglary suspects pocket-dial 911, discuss crime Two Minnesota burglary suspects discussed their crime after one of them accidentally dialed 911. | |
Ky. suspect injures himself during break-in, calls 911 Man called 911 after falling from a ladder and breaking his leg in the middle of a home break-in. | |
Audio: Pocket-dial leads to Fla. meth lab bust At one point, the dispatcher noted that she could hear a bubbling sound as if something was cooking. | |
Tenn. man busted for drugs after pocket-dial He pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers heard him talking about getting high and going to a drug dealer’s house. | |
Fla. man pocket-dials 911, arrested for talk of selling drugs His cell phone pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in on a conversation about the sale of drugs. | |