An Indiana man was arrested last week after repeatedly dialing 911 dispatchers just to complain about his lack of energy and issues with his family.
George Schroeder, 61, stands accused of making prohibited 911 calls, according to a police report obtained by Law&Crime.
“Officers were dispatched to the address above for a general complaint,” the document notes–identifying an address in Evansville, Ind., the third-largest city in the state. “Officers were advised that the male caller kept calling in stating he was tired. Dispatch informed officers that he called 911 four times this evening. Officers placed the offender into custody for misuse of the 911 system.”
That arrest, however, wasn’t the first time Schroeder has been accused of unlawfully venting by way of the emergency call system.
The same address–and a substantially similar
modus operandi–is identified in another police report from Sept. 11.
“Officers were dispatched to the address above for a family dispute,” that earlier arrest report notes. “Officers advised that the caller was upset with a female resident. Officers were advised that the offender was upset because the female was not following his rules. Officers placed the subject into custody for misuse of the 911 system.”
Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, in each instance, at Schroeder’s home in the late morning hours.
The Vanderburgh County legal system works relatively quickly and Schroeder’s second arrest on those verboten calling charges came just one day after he appeared for sentencing on the Sept. 11 charges,
according to Newsweek.
The judge overseeing the first case sentenced the Hoosier State man to six months in jail for misuse of the emergency calling system but suspended his sentence “on the condition the defendant does not call 911 unless it is an emergency,” court documents obtained by the outlet note. The very next day, that agreement went south.
According to The Smoking Gun, Schroeder pleaded guilty to the same suite of charges for the second time this month last Wednesday. This time, he was sentenced to 60 days in the Vanderburgh County jail for the relatively minor violation. The defendant’s exhaustion and the court’s lenience intact, Schroeder’s first six-month sentence was shortened to 60 days and the judge allowed for both sentences to run concurrently with one another, the outlet reports.
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