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Man Pocket Dials 9-1-1; Drug Conversation Heard

External News Source May 23, 2011 Industry

From Telegraph Herald
Original publication date: May 21, 2011

Gainesville, Ga. — Authorities say a Georgia man “pocket-dialed” 911 and the dispatcher on the other end overheard people discussing a drug deal.

The Hall County sheriff’s office said no one was on the call made around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Col. Jeff Strickland said the dispatcher could overhear several people talking about a drug deal involving prescription narcotics. Authorities said a deputy was sent to a Gainesville Waffle House restaurant where the call originated.

Strickland said the deputy eventually discovered the phone in an employee’s pocket. Strickland said the employee then discovered he had accidentally dialed 911. Authorities said they confronted the 18-year-old Sugar Hill man, found that he had hydrocodone and alprazolam tablets and charged him with drug possession.

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