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Alleged thieves butt-dial boss, tell him about stealing company equipment
Grand Forks Herald ^
| 02/23/2015
| Reuters Media
Posted on 02/23/2015 9:44:04 PM PST by skeptoid
MIAMI, Fla. - An accidental cellphone call landed two Florida men in jail after their employer heard them discussing plans to steal and sell $8,000 in construction equipment, according to police.
David Fanuelsen, 39, and Dean Brown, 22, remained in jail on Monday facing charges of felony grand theft.
Their troubles started when Fanuelsen, a construction worker, unintentionally dialed his boss from a phone in his back pocket last Tuesday night, the Key West Police Department said.
The employer, Stace Valenzuela, told Reuters he overheard the men discussing plans to sell company equipment.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: stupid; thieves
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To: skeptoid
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:45:20 PM PST
by
Aria
To: skeptoid
Alleged thieves butt-dial boss, tell him about stealing company equipmentDumb ass.
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:48:58 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: skeptoid
There's been a few times I thought the phone hung up and it didn't.
Also I've been pocket called before and didn't realize it for a
few seconds until I heard things I should not have. Then promptly
hung up. Pocket dial though, they nailed themselves. Love it.
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:51:42 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: Still Thinking
Dumb ass. No, Smart Ass. . . it phoned the boss and turned its dumb owner in by butt dialing his phone.
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:52:47 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: skeptoid
maybe he’ll say he was just talking out of his butt, too
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:53:28 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Still Thinking
I’ve personally “Butt-dialed” more people than I can count.
At the same time, when my, “wife at the time”, dialed me and I listened to her exploits while she was out cheating on me, well, damn.
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:55:35 PM PST
by
Zeneta
(Thoughts in time and out of season.)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:56:02 PM PST
by
deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: Still Thinking
Dumb ass. + smart phone = Jail
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:59:48 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: Ken H
I hate it when I end up in jail because my butt called my boss and told him I was going to steal and sell his stuff.
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:03:58 PM PST
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: Milton Miteybad
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:08:48 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: Milton Miteybad
I’ve been dialed like this before. Normally you cannot hear anything. I call BS on this. Did he record the call? Did he just call the police and say “hey guys, I heard these guys talking about how they were going to steal some equipment.”
“Oh, okay, we’ll get down there right away and arrest them and throw them in jail, because you have no proof, and nothing has gone missing.”
Seems super fishy to me.
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:21:16 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:34:42 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:35:57 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: FreedomStar3028
It DOES HAPPEN!
I have received several such calls (all were innocuous) and so I hung up. But the conversation was clear and understandable.
A memorable one was with a guy and his fishing buddy discussing whether they wanted to keep trolling or head home, since they had caught a few.
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:44:08 PM PST
by
skeptoid
(the thot plickens)
To: skeptoid
And discussing stealing is a crime? When the crime was not committed?
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:47:46 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: FreedomStar3028
It might help if you actually read the article before commenting... Stuff was actually gone... And he had a recorded message regarding where it went...
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posted on
02/23/2015 10:54:21 PM PST
by
DB
To: Aria
Stoooopid # 1 and Stoooopid # 2. Do not pass “GO,” Do not collect $200!!
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posted on
02/23/2015 11:27:01 PM PST
by
Skybird
To: Zeneta
Happened with a friend’s husband. He butt dialed me and I heard him asking a woman back to a condo they had near one of their restaurants at the beach. I even heard the click click click of her heels in the parking lot as she walked with him to his car. I confronted him and he denied it to my face.
To: Zeneta
My granddaughter’s (now ex) husband had the same problem...Butt dialed her at what proved to be the wrong moment (for him). She will be fine (better off without that jerk!)
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posted on
02/24/2015 12:03:43 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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