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CHP busts man for making 18,000 prank calls to 9-1-1
- (Los Angeles)
LA Observed ^
| February 25, 2010
| Kevin Roderick
Posted on 02/25/2011 4:47:11 PM PST by Beaten Valve
Maurice Cruz made his first alleged prank call to 9-1-1 last August 27 at approximately 4:46 p.m.. He placed the last of more than 18,000 calls this morning at about 2:35 — and then he was arrested, the California Highway Patrol says. From the CHP release:
Mr. Cruz illegally harassed and annoyed the Los Angeles Communications center by calling the 911 emergency lines over 18,000 times. Mr. Cruz made the calls utilizing a number of non-initialized cell phone handsets which made tracing his calls difficult.
Cruz, who is 43, lives in East Los Angeles. The U.S. Secret Service was in on the bust.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 911; losangeles; prankcalls
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A day in jail for each harassing phone call seems like an appropriate punishment...
To: Beaten Valve
CHP....Triple AAAA with a gun...
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:50:54 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Beaten Valve
How does one find the time to make 100 calls per day?
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:51:27 PM PST
by
bgill
(Kenyan Parliament - how could a man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
To: Beaten Valve
How do you know it was only a day in jail?
Ohhhh...nevvvermind...
“Cruz was booked on suspicion of misusing 911 emergency lines to annoy or harass. He was released this afternoon, according to the Sheriff’s Inmate Information Center.”
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:52:02 PM PST
by
bigheadfred
(THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN)
To: Beaten Valve
The cops had 17,999 times chances to arrest this bakero’....
To: Beaten Valve
Mr. Cruz illegally harassed the communications center by calling over 18,000 times. Sounds like a mental case...Throw him in a rubber room with deranged lumberheads for 2 months when he's released...Then deport his ass to Mexico regardless if he's a citizen or not.
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:54:10 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: bgill
It’s easy to make 100 three-digit telephone calls per day when others are going to work to pay for your free stuff! ;-)
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:54:10 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: dragnet2
Triple is AAA. Fourple is AAAA.
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:54:20 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(R. Emmett Tyrrell: Liberalism is dead. What we see now is "soft Nazis-ism".)
To: Beaten Valve
Non-initialized cellphones??
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:55:03 PM PST
by
Hardraade
(I want gigaton warheads now!!)
To: Beaten Valve
At least they caught him before it got out of hand.
To: fish hawk
Triple means three?
Thanks for that breaking information!
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posted on
02/25/2011 4:58:52 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Beaten Valve
Bet it was some weird sexual fetish. Like the weirdos who are found with 100's of pairs of women's shoes, for example.
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posted on
02/25/2011 5:08:27 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
Bet it was some weird sexual fetish. Like the weirdos who are found with 100's of pairs of women's shoes, for example. Hundreds of women's shoes for the left foot only would be weirder.
(Thinking outside the box)
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posted on
02/25/2011 5:15:47 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Of course Obama loves his country. The thing is, Sarah loves mine.)
To: Graybeard58
(Thinking outside the box) Thinking outside the shoebox, that is!
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posted on
02/25/2011 5:23:44 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Beaten Valve
Betcha his real name is Carlos Estevez.
To: dragnet2
The grammar and spelling police here are as annoying as this moron calling 911 18K.
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posted on
02/25/2011 5:25:46 PM PST
by
23 Everest
(A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone.)
To: Hardraade
Non-initialized cellphones?? Cell phones are required to be able to dial 911 even if they are not "connected" by the phone company (no SIM, no contract, out of minutes, etc.) All you need to do is to have the signal.
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posted on
02/25/2011 5:29:30 PM PST
by
Greysard
To: Hardraade
Non-initialized cellphones?? A cell phone without a SIM card and which is not associated with a wireless plan can still dial 911. 911 would be the only thing it could call.
So he could just carry this otherwise-useless cell phone around and amuse himself cranking 911.
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posted on
02/25/2011 5:32:26 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
To: Beaten Valve
Cruz, who is 43, lives in East Los Angeles. The U.S. Secret Service was in on the bust.
SO... that is interesting....
To: dragnet2
Your welcome Dragnet too.
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posted on
02/25/2011 6:26:06 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(R. Emmett Tyrrell: Liberalism is dead. What we see now is "soft Nazis-ism".)
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