Man Pocket Dials 911—While Chatting About Drug Deal

Georgia man accidentally incriminates himself after an unfortunate call
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted May 20, 2011 9:22 AM CDT
Man Pocket Dials 911—While Chatting About Drug Deal
Be careful where you put your phone.   (Shutterstock)

It has happened to the best of us ... but probably not like this. A Georgia man is in hot water after he "pocket-dialed" 911 and was overheard talking about a drug deal. The 911 dispatcher said no one was actually on the call made around 1:30am, but a conversation about a drug deal involving prescription narcotics was audible. The call originated from the Gainesville Waffle House restaurant; a deputy eventually discovered the phone in an employee's pocket.

Authorities say they confronted the 18-year-old Sugar Hill man and found that he had hydrocodone and alprazolam tablets and charged him with drug possession. (And in other unfortunate 911-call news...)

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