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Trending Topics: When crooks call 911 on themselves

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.

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