Trade Your Cell for a Cell
Sheriff’s deputies in Rogersville, Tenn., say that as Jason Anthony Arnold, 29, and James Keith Benton, 38, planned out a burglary, a snitch was relaying every word to police dispatchers. The snitch: Arnold’s cell phone. “Apparently with this type of phone if you hold down the number nine it automatically dials 911,” Detective Eve Jackson explained. It was in Arnold’s pocket. At some point the phone dialed the emergency number “and Central dispatch heard everything they said.” Deputies did a stakeout on the target car dealership and swooped in once the late-night burglary started. “You can imagine their surprise,” Jackson said. (Kingsport Times-News) ...It likely wasn’t any more of a surprise than any other criminal feels when busted. Don’t they all figure they’ll get away with it?
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