TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Florida Boy on Cell Calls 9-1-1 Over 40 Times!

Florida Boy on Cell Calls 9-1-1 Over 40 Times!

Nathan Strom (nstrom@ananzi.co.za)
Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:33:26 -0400

From http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=15846:

> Leesburg, Florida - Emergency officials say dispatchers were kept
> busy by a 5-year-old Leesburg boy on a cell phone. But Lake County
> sheriff's officials say they couldn't trace the call and the boy
> wouldn't tell them where he lives or who his parents are. Leesburg
> police say they do know the boy lives somewhere in the Leesburg
> area. The 5-year-old also told them he liked ice cream and knew he
> wasn't supposed to play with a cell phone. Officials say the boy
> called 9-1-1 more than 40 times yesterday afternoon. Dispatchers
> urge parents to take out the batteries from disconnected cell
> phones. The Associated Press

Guess they still need to work on that E-911 rollout.

Couldn't they check with the cell phone provider and see who the ESN
is/was last registered to?

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