Did someone mention "Village Idiots"?

[jrdavid68]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/04/05/national/a130934D15.DTL&type=bondage

Suspect's Phone Tips Police to Burglary

(04-05) 13:09 PDT Rogersville, Tenn. (AP) --

Hawkins County authorities were waiting for two would-be burglars after a cell phone in a suspect's pocket accidentally dialed 911 and dispatchers overheard them plotting the crime.

Authorities arrested Jason Anthony Arnold, 29, and James Keith Benton, 38, both of Church Hill, and charged them with burglary and theft over $500. Officers said they tried to steal a refrigerator from a mobile home dealership.

The Hawkins County Sheriff's Department was tipped off early Friday morning when dispatchers overheard a 40-minute conversation from a cell phone about plans to rob the dealership.

"It's the kind with the numbers exposed," detective Eve Jackson said. "Apparently with this type of phone if you hold down the number nine it automatically dials 911. So Mr. Arnold's phone was in his front jeans pocket, and somehow the number nine got pressed, and central dispatch heard everything they said."

Deputies thought the 911 call could have been a prank because it was April Fool's Day, but the scene unfolded exactly the way the conversation had described.

The suspects went into one of the mobile homes, carried out a refrigerator and were surprised when police came out from hiding and confronted them.

Authorities were hoping to identify other accomplices by listening to the 911 call again.

[RickM]

Damn, I have a hard time believing a cell phone accidentally dialed 911.

That said, I knew a guy who was having and affair and while in the car "foolin" around he accidentally speed dialed home when taking the phone out of pocket and placing on the dash.....LOL. She listened to his antics for close to 40 minutes. Now he's broke and alone.

[juanbenae]

Originally posted by RickM

She listened to his antics for close to 40 minutes

i buddy of mine called his wife not knowly at a bar much the same way. he was talking to some lady there and she heard every bit of it. he wishes he was only broke and alone. they are still together and he hears about it all the time.

[IROC]

I used to work in Hawkins County, TN. :>) A few months ago, some guys broke out of the jail there, went to the local quickie mart, bought some beer and broke back into the jail.

Oh those boys...

Mike