Nightingale 0 #1 July 18, 2007 From the WTF files.... Man calls 911 to save him from police Cops had surrounded Fla. resident after they got word of a bar disturbance LARGO, Fla. - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said. Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along. Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was "surrounded by Largo police," according to an arrest affidavit. "Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence," Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. "It's one of our 'truth is stranger than fiction' cases." Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19795748/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 July 18, 2007 I laughed my ass off when I read about that... That was one dumb fuck... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #3 July 18, 2007 just ask Rodney King about that.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #4 July 18, 2007 Seriously though , This guy was trying to be funny. There should be a provision that if you make law enforcement or judges laugh - they release you.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,486 #5 July 18, 2007 Reminds me of the email flying around entitled, "They walk among us."Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #6 July 18, 2007 I don't know about Largo PD, but if this was in LA, Oakland, NY...or anywhere else with a popuation of notoriously triggerhappy, and sometimes shady, cops... maby the record of his concern for his safety wasn't such a bad idea. The news article is based on what Largo PD told a reporter, and news is rarely accurate and un-sensationalized in some way. Or maybe the guy was just drunk. ~J"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
