Published: October 09, 2012 | News Blog | 610 Clicks
To the callers it's obvious: if you've dropped your new glasses in the street, are being irritated by your neighbour playing his radio too loudly, or your pigeon is wheezing just phone 999.
A surge in the number of ludicrous or hoax 999 calls Cleveland police alone report a 35% increase in the year to July 2012, and Devon and Cornwall reports that peak-time calls were up by 40% last month is causing a genuine emergency, putting tremendous pressure on overstretched staff at a time of swingeing budget cuts.
A woman in California called police to report that an intruder broke into her home and added pornography to her computer.
Rip Torn
Texan actor Rip Torn was arrested for drunk driving in the city suburb of North Salem, New York in December 2006 for crashing his car into a tractor-trailer. State police said the 75-year-old actor was visibly intoxicated and refused a Breathalyzer test. He was later quoted as saying "I love New York" after being acquitted in a juried trial. Torn was arrested on the same charge two years earlier in New York City for crashing into a taxi.
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