911 call leads to man's own arrest

mimo2005 · 07-16-2007, 06:37 PM

LARGO, Fla. (AP) - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.

Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.

Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was "surrounded by Largo police," according to an arrest affidavit.

"Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence," Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said.

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**jen56** · 07-16-2007, 07:40 PM

What an idiot!!

**Go The Power** · 07-17-2007, 04:01 AM

That was A dumb thing to do.

**scathe30** · 07-17-2007, 04:28 AM

Well, there was a nice opinion in comments about his behavior:

Quote:

he got what he wanted free taxi ride and room for the night and a nice breakfast to wake up too lmao

O'Henry has a story with a similar plot: about a vagabond, who needed to stay somewhere for the winter and tried to get arrested by the police. The humor of the story is that it was not such an easy task to get arrested

Do you remember the name of this particular story?

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