Authorities say the suspect was clueless to what the prosecutor noted is “commonly referred to as a ‘butt dial’ ” when he was discussing a burglary, reports NJ.com, making the job of the police a lot easier.
The local dispatch center received what appeared to be an open-line emergency cell phone call, the county prosecutor’s office and the town’s chief of police said in a joint statement. When officials started listening in, they say they heard male voices discussing an apparent burglary, but they couldn’t pinpoint the caller’s location.
Later that night, police had a report of a burglary at a residence in the area, with a reported $1,355 in jewelry missing. In the meantime, police had confirmed that the cell phone that made the butt dial had recently been assigned to the 42-year-old suspect.
After another forced entry was reported at a residence nearby, detectives followed the suspect in his vehicle and then stopped him and arrested him. A search warrant for the car resulted in a bunch of loot that police believe was stolen by the suspect, including jewelry, electronics, a hand gun and U.S. bonds worth up to $11,300, as well as burglary tools.
The suspect was charged with two counts of third-degree burglary, two counts of third-degree theft, three counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief, and second-degree burglary in connection with the series of burglaries.
Previously in butt dial news: Court: You Have No Right To Privacy When You Butt Dial Someone
Bungling Branchburg burglar butt dials 911, cops say [NJ.com]
by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist
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