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Parker County woman reporting intruder calls 911, receives no answer
The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 6, 2009 | CHRIS HAWES

Posted on 03/06/2009 9:49:40 AM PST by Texican72

PARKER COUNTY – As an intruder roamed around her home, a woman repeatedly dialed 911 and received no answer.

Laverne Hokett woke up one February night to the sound of someone breaking down her back door.

"It's a thousand wonders I haven't had a heart attack," she said with tears welling up in her eyes. "I was so afraid."

After dialing 911 several times with no answer, Hokett called her daughter, Deborah Turpin, who lives nearby. Hokett then tried 911 again as the man inside her home screamed.

As Turpin and her husband headed to her mother's home, Hokett sat alone in her dark room and decided to call her neighbor.

"Well, he couldn't find the bullets to the gun," she said of her neighbor.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; dial911anddie
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1 posted on 03/06/2009 9:49:41 AM PST by Texican72
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To: Texican72

lets put them in charge of healthcare


2 posted on 03/06/2009 9:50:27 AM PST by GeronL (Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
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To: Texican72

Sarah Brady thinks this scenario is just fine. Wait for the police to come, she says. Nice to live in that fantasy world.


3 posted on 03/06/2009 9:50:44 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Texican72

... the police are minutes away


4 posted on 03/06/2009 9:51:40 AM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: NonValueAdded; Texican72

and I guess that should now be “hours away”


5 posted on 03/06/2009 9:52:18 AM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: Texican72

Obama's Fault


6 posted on 03/06/2009 9:52:32 AM PST by Diogenesis ("All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities." - Dune)
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To: Texican72

This is what you get when you depend on Government


7 posted on 03/06/2009 9:53:12 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Texican72

They were probably busy taking a call from a McDonald’s customer who couldn’t get McNuggets...


8 posted on 03/06/2009 9:53:16 AM PST by Hoosier Catholic Momma (Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
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To: Texican72

Another ad for gun ownership.

Never heard about the delay with cell phones before.


9 posted on 03/06/2009 9:53:25 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Texican72

Next time, just dial .357.


10 posted on 03/06/2009 9:53:34 AM PST by SIDENET (I am just a monkey man, I'm glad you are a monkey woman, too.)
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To: Texican72

She should have dialed Remington 870.......


11 posted on 03/06/2009 9:53:36 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: Texican72
When seconds count the police are only minutes away.

That's the old saying. But in this case they weren't there at all.

12 posted on 03/06/2009 9:54:44 AM PST by MeganC (Palin-Limbaugh 2012)
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To: Texican72; SunkenCiv

Spread the word: WE are our own first line of defense. Each individual’s safety is the responsibility of each individual, then of each other, then of local law enforcement. Be prepared!


13 posted on 03/06/2009 9:55:05 AM PST by ValerieTexas
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To: Natural Law
Great minds think alike.

;-)

14 posted on 03/06/2009 9:55:14 AM PST by SIDENET (I am just a monkey man, I'm glad you are a monkey woman, too.)
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To: Texican72

911 is a joke.


15 posted on 03/06/2009 9:55:17 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Texican72

What a silly neighbor; I know exactly where the bullets are, they’re in the gun! I keep gas in my car too because I may need to use it.


16 posted on 03/06/2009 9:56:24 AM PST by jjones9853
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To: Texican72
Deputies arrived 13 minutes later

Don't anyone ever tell me I don't need a gun.

17 posted on 03/06/2009 9:56:26 AM PST by MeganC (Palin-Limbaugh 2012)
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Morgan said cellphone calls can take up to 30 seconds to connect in the dispatch center.

I never thought about a delay. 30-seconds would seem like an hour under those circumstances.

18 posted on 03/06/2009 9:57:42 AM PST by donna (Spending: 28% US government; 12% state-county-city = government consumes 40% of 2009 economy!)
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To: ValerieTexas
WE are our own first line of defense.

Yep ... if a crime is committed against you, or some natural disaster befalls you the "First Responder" is ...

YOU.

19 posted on 03/06/2009 9:58:37 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Texican72; dfwgator

Any idea where this was? Aledo, the Annettas, W’ford, etc


20 posted on 03/06/2009 9:58:56 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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