Oops! Larcenists‘ Inadvertent 911 ’Pocket-Dial’ Leads Police to Their Trail
- Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:39pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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CLAY, N.Y. (AP) — An ill-timed, inadvertent 911 call led police to three larceny suspects overheard planning break-ins in upstate New York.
Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh says police already looking for a suspicious person got the unlikely assist when one of the men “pocket dialed” his cellphone’s emergency number while driving near the scene of an earlier heist.
As a dispatcher relayed the conversation to deputies, the men discussed their plans, described their surroundings and even commented, “there go the cops now.”
Walsh says that was enough for a deputy to turn around and stop the Kia Sportage full of tools stolen from a business in the Syracuse suburb of Clay. The dispatcher then heard the driver being asked for his license and registration.
The men arrested April 26 face grand larceny and stolen property charges.
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Comments (64)
capturedsailor
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:43amTo JEFFYFREEZONE, “They must be Democrats”, Your an Idiot
Report Post »SECRETARYSHERRY
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 1:53pmMaybe, but you look like an idiot. It’s “you’re an idiot”.
Report Post »NHBuckeye
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:16pmWhen calling someone an idiot, it is best to use good grammar.
Report Post »RollyBones
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:43amThe ‘Larry Darryl and Darryl’ of criminals!
Rolly
Report Post »BBomber66
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:41amToo funny. Was the guy a snitch?
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Report Post »Elbert Hubbard
muhamadhater
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 4:59amGood luck with that one rednecks…wow lol just wow, thats just stupid luck!!!
Report Post »flattop
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 3:12amHey, dum-dums. Euson guy ain’t too smart, are ya? Gotta love redneck morons.
Report Post »flattop
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 3:24amguys*
Report Post »WireWizard
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:14amI know this guy who butt-dialed his wife while having a 45 minute exchange with a streetwalker.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 1:41amIrish Mobsters and Smart Phones don’t mix.
Report Post »POdVet
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:54amIf only this would happen during one of Obama’s secret closed door meetings. (excuse me I mean his unprecedented level of transparency) Maybe an honest dispatcher would keep the recording and all of them could be charged with the crimes they are committing against the US citizens daily!
Report Post »jim
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:26pmThey’ll be going to “college” for a few years… on scholarship.
Report Post »high school drop out
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:26pmThe jails are full of guys like these
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:24pmSmart phone – Dumb a$$
Report Post »high school drop out
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:23pmHehehehe
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:19pmWhy doesn’t somebody develop a device that could be installed in stores that would ping a cellphone and get it to identify itself, much in the same fashion as a cell tower learns who is in its area of coverage. This device would work locally and spoof a cell tower, or mabye, it would just ‘listen’ and record the presence of a cell phone in the store. A log could be kept. Then, in the event of a robbery or breakin or attemped breakin, the log could be scanned for a list of prospects, oops, I mean suspects! This should be a really simple ‘toy’ and would have, for example, probably identified the burglars who recently broke into Buz and Ned’s Real Barbecue, a Richmond icon!
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:17pmI am going out on a limb here, but I will say *** at this stage of the guessing game considering there was no names or race mentioned in the report.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:15pmGuess phones are really tracking and listening
Report Post »olddog
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:10pmI liked the one where the bank robber gave the teller a note on the back of his personal check. Now that’s stupid, phone thing was just bad luck, probably the next number it dialed was dial a prayer..
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:56pmAre you sure the cops didn’t just remotely activate their speaker phone and listen in after tracking them with the celphone gps?
They already can, and probably are doing it without warrant…
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:00pm@hey sinister, you left your battery in Shhhhhh!
Report Post »Don’t worry bud, at least some are waking up, just in time for say camp I’m afraid.
Exrepublisheep
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:01pmI think it happened as reported. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:11pmLol sometimes it’s an Acme exploding cigar
Report Post »wolverine
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:20amWho said the cops were that smart
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:51pmBaaa,haa,ha,ha,ha!
Report Post »JohnnyJT South Philly
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:50pmDumb Bunnies
Report Post »SAYNOTOSOCIALISM
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:47pmYou can’t make this stuff up…. Darwin was right
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:16amtook the words right out my mouth… give those boys a sign and a Darwin runner up award.still lmao.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:46pmDumb and Dumber!!
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:45pmthis and ubl prove that god really is on our side(or we are on his).
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:48pmExactly!
Report Post »Mohawk78
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:45pmHahahahahahaha
Report Post »NEMATIC
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:44pm“Murphy”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:43pmYou just can’t fix stupid!
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:47pmGotta be democrats!
Report Post »Hawt'n'secksie
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:50pmHey Showtime :D
You’re right, you can’t fix Stupid. Or Smelly. Or SECKSIE.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:52pmSmart PHONE
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:54pmBut you sure can breed stupid, just look at the left.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:57pm@Showtime
Report Post »Have you noticed since they shot Bin Laden, I haven’t seen a post from Encinom. Strange…….
BetterDays
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:58pmNow a really dumb democrat will pay the phones owner the $1000 reward because it lead to the arrest and conviction, watch and see.
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:09pmI‘ve said it before and I’ll say it again “You can’t fix stupid”!!!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:21pmA man has to know how to use his tools. These boys should start with the owners manual. Alert 911 operator and good police.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:34pmOut of work former ACORN employees. Seems they just can’t stop stealing.
Report Post »cv7334
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:48pmCouldn’t have said it better myself!
Report Post »Finch88
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:06pmThat is right you can’t fix crazy either.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:21pmLOL .. I love stupid criminals .. the best ones are the ones who leave I.D. at the crime scene .. but this is pretty close!
Report Post »Justthefactsmam
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:48pmHe had just downloaded the “Better Criminal Activity” app for his phone
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 1:02amYou can’t fix stupid, but you can vote it out.
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 6:52amhey, they kepted it in the family :P…..i’ll just add that last name to a “stay away from my daughter” list…..and to quote my 3 yr old “a boobs” translation – they are boobs……still lmao
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:04amWish it were that easy all the time!
Report Post »capturedsailor
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:41amto JEFFYFREEZONE, “They must be Democrats”, Your an Idiot,
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