One-way ticket to crazy townFollow

Last night my wife and I are relaxing after a hard day's work. I'm playing WoW, she's watching Take Home Chef. My wife gets 4 phone calls from the same person; all a wrong number. She asked me to answer if the lady calls again, which she does.

The lady calling is obviously upset and is yelling at me about some guy who called from my number. I calmly explain to her that it's just me and my wife, and we haven't called anyone. She reponds by saying she's going to come over and 'shoot us up'.

Immediately deciding that I don't appreciate being threatened by a complete stranger, I *69 to get the number, call the phone company to get the name and address associated with the number, and report it to the police. The police tell me to sit tight and they'll send a unit over to take a report. All being again right with the world, I log off WoW and hang out with my wife.

20 minutes later I see a police car pull into the driveway. I have the curtains closed, so I can only see the cop car through the gap between the curtains. I open the door to the following scene: 10 cruisers parked along the street, 3 K9 units running towards my backyard, 2 helicopters flying overhead, and a SWAT van blocking the middle of the road. SWAT members have formed a semi-circle around my front door, and have weapons drawn and sighted on me. So do all the nice police officers from behind the doors of their cruisers.

I am immediately instructed to step out of the house, which I quickly determined to be a great idea. I was then ordered to hit the deck and place my hands behind my head. Perhaps given the outrageous nature of the situation, I blurt out the first thing that came to mind: "Wow you guys take threatening phone calls pretty serious around here." Needless to say I think the comedic value of my statement was lost on them.

A brief and rather intense conversation ensues, and it is determined that I not the guy they're looking for. The person they're looking for is suspected of raping and murdering a 16-month-old baby. For some reason, the number the guy called the family from showed up on their caller-ID as my number. At the same time I was calling the police to report the threatening phone call, the grandmother of the girl (and the one who alled 5 times) was calling the police to report my number. The cops pulled my address off my number, and hilarity ensued.

The thing that bothers me the most is what one officer said to me after we had everything straitened out and they were packing up. We're all outside, and this guy says: "Let that be a lesson to you. Don't rape babies or we'll come after you!" Now I'm sure that given the sheer volume of the police response, my neighbors were already thinking I must be some phycho killer. The last thing I need them to here is some cop talking to me about raping babies.

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They were looking to question me all right. I personally love how after 5 minutes of rather pointed questions they told me they're convinced I wasn't the guy they were looking for. When I asked how they came to that conclusion, they said: "You're not black. The guy we're lokking for is definetely black."

I still wonder what the 5 minutes of questions were about.

You should have told them one of those hilarious dead baby jokes.

H-O-L-Y S-H-I-T.

I bet that story is gonna follow you and your family for a long long time.



lol...Was that told to you in a sense of humor or in a serious tone?

Seriously though I would have payed big bucks to see your face when all that sh*t circled you.

If I we're in your situation and had alot of outside people looking at me while being arrested I would have yelled out "I only stole 2 peices of chocolate, I promise I'll never do it again!!!" That would have made them look silly.

Glad to see they really go overboard when dealing with these types of maniacs though...raping and murdering an 16 month baby? God damn sickos.

Edited, Sep 26th 2006 at 10:31am PDT by Bludfury

Wow...

I can't imagine that ever happening. This is gonna be the best conversation starter EVER!



Edited, Sep 26th 2006 at 10:51am PDT by MYteddy

Um... Did they actually go after the guy who did rape and kill the 16 month old baby? Seems like they were standing around all smug like "we did our job", but...

You made my day much brighter. Thank you for making me laugh my *** off. This will definitely be one of those stories that gets passed around for years at Thanksgiving

At least 5 army rangers didn't bust into your house and beat everyone up with mag lights.

Come to think of it, I lived in Ft Walton when that happened, just down the road from Pensacola. It must be something about Florida where crazy Shit just happens.

See what happens when you play Wow instead of FFXI!

In all reality though, did you **** yourself? Seriously, that is not someone sees outside thier front door often and gets to tell others about, well atleast others that are not wearing orange(or w/e color they use now).

Kind of makes me wonder about a couple messages I have gotten on my answering machine that I have just erased. I am wondering about this whole caller ID mix up. The messages are someone calling for a Shaheed Richardson from someone at Iowa state regarding a federal matter with the school. I have only gotten 2 messages, but hearing your story makes me wonder if I need to do something other than just delete them.