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  • Two California men were in custody on Monday after accidentally dialing 911 on a cellphone before breaking into a car, authorities said.
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california, robbery, 9-1-1 call, automobiles, national/world
  • Trenton police
  • A couple in Trenton is upset with the police department's response to their 911 call after a stranger tried to make his way into their home.
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new jersey, trenton, 9-1-1 call, local/state
  • The mushrooms weren't magic -- but the GPS might have seemed like it.
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indiana, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 911 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave.
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pennsylvania, 9-1-1 call, divorce, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • Action News
  • Police have charged a man and his mother with endangering a 10-year-old boy who called 911 when they passed out at home while allegedly using heroin.
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pennsylvania, 9-1-1 call, drugs, local/state
  • Police in Massachusetts say a 10-year-old boy called 911 because he didn't want to go to bed.
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massachusetts, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 911 to have cigarettes delivered to her home.
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texas, 9-1-1 call, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • A conversation with two passengers landed a Florida tow truck driver in jail after his cellphone pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in.
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florida, 9-1-1 call, cell phones, bizarre bazaar
  • When you're out of beer and need a ride to get some, who you gonna' call?
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tennessee, alcohol, beer, 9-1-1 call, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  •  Verizon
  • A failure of Verizon services is affecting calls to Delaware County 911.
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pennsylvania, delaware county, chester county, 9-1-1 call, local/state
  • A Missouri woman has paid a $100 fine for calling 911 to report her dog had collapsed.
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missouri, 9-1-1 call, animals, pets, bizarre bazaar
  • April Kauffman
  • Click play to watch Nora Muchanic's report
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6at4, new jersey, 9-1-1 call, homicide, 6abc action news at 4
  • Action News
  • A California 911 caller told emergency dispatchers he'd just been robbed at gunpoint by two men who fled with his computer and backpack.
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california, 9-1-1 call, national/world
  • Authorities say a Connecticut man accidentally dialed 911 from his cellphone while stealing about 700 pounds of scrap metals.
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connecticut, 9-1-1 call, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • Action News
  • A Tampa, Fla., man called 911 and told dispatchers he killed his wife because he couldn't stand to see her suffer any more.
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florida, 9-1-1 call, national/world
  • Police in one western Pennsylvania township say a frantic 911 call reporting a man caught in a bear trap didn't quite live up to its billing.
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pennsylvania, wildlife preservation, 9-1-1 call, animals
  • A 911 recording revealed frantic efforts by friends of Demi Moore to get help for the actress who was convulsing.
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demi moore, 9-1-1 call, los angeles, entertainment
  • Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night," according to a caller on a 911 recording.
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demi moore, 9-1-1 call, los angeles, entertainment
  • 9-1-1 service has been restored across Lower Bucks County, after a nearly 4 hour outage.
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pennsylvania, bucks county, 9-1-1 call, local/state
  • Action News
  • A missing 9-year-old girl escaped from an apparent kidnapper and called 911 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs on Friday.
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colorado, missing children, 9-1-1 call, national/world
  • Good thing three-year-old Bailey Rafferty knows how to call 911.
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tennessee, 9-1-1 call, children, bizarre bazaar
  • Authorities in Massachusetts say a family that got lost in a seven-acre corn maze called 911 for help, apparently taking advantage of the police department's motto that says "We Want To Be Bothered."
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massachusetts, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • Emergency dispatchers in Pittsburgh are preparing to take calls from residents who may be unprepared for fake gun shots, explosions and other mayhem while the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" films at various city locations.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, movies, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • South Georgia authorities say two men became so high on drugs they began hallucinating and called 911 when they thought intruders had broken into a home.
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georgia, 9-1-1 call, drugs, bizarre bazaar
  • Police in Maine say a man wanted for failing to pay fines accidentally helped officers find him when he repeatedly "pocket dialed" 911 while doing yard work.
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maine, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • Authorities say a Georgia man "pocket-dialed" 911 and the dispatcher on the other end overheard people discussing a drug deal.
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georgia, 9-1-1 call, dumb criminals, illegal drugs, bizarre bazaar
  • Running out of beer may be a crisis -- but it's no emergency.
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connecticut, 9-1-1 call, alcohol, beer, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • An ill-timed, inadvertent 911 call led police to three larceny suspects overheard planning break-ins in upstate New York.
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new york, cell phones, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • Click play to watch
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kidnapping, philadelphia, pennsylvania, 9-1-1 call, bonnie sweeten, fraud, bucks county, local/state
  • Exclusively and for the first time, we can hear the hoax as Bonnie Sweeten first spun it to 911 operators.
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philadelphia, pennsylvania, 9-1-1 call, bonnie sweeten, kidnapping, fraud, bucks county, local/state, brian taff
  • Click play to listen to the 911 tapes from May 26, 2009.
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bonnie sweeten, 9-1-1 call, local/state
  • Oregon police say both an intruder and a Portland homeowner phoned 911 to report the same thing: a strange man in a home.
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oregon, 9-1-1 call, burglary, bizarre bazaar
  • Police in Tennessee say a man accused of making three bogus calls to 911 told them he was bored and anxious because he had not smoked a cigarette in two days.
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tennessee, 9-1-1 call, smoking, bizarre bazaar
  • To some 911 callers, it looked like a fiery plane crash just offshore of downtown Anchorage. Others thought it was a boat in trouble.
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9-1-1 call, alaska, bizarre bazaar
  • An Ohio woman spent three days in jail for calling the 911 emergency line five times seeking a husband.
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ohio, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • A Florida man faces charges in a family feud over beer.
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florida, alcohol, beer, dumb criminals, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • Police in one Connecticut city have a warning for nightclub patrons: Don't call 911 for a ride home.
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connecticut, 9-1-1 call, bizarre bazaar
  • You would figure Timothy Todd Lawrence has pretty sore fingers.
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florida, 9-1-1 call, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • Someone called the cops on a couple of Florida teenage girls breaking into cars.
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florida, 9-1-1 call, automobiles, police, bizarre bazaar
  • Jaden Bolli
  • In an extraordinary phone call, a 3-year-old saved a life in Maple Shade, New Jersey.
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new jersey, hero, 9-1-1 call, local/state