When Someone is Calling 9-1-1, Don’t Yank the Phone Cord from the Wall
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My house, my phone line, I can decide who can call on it. Seems a simple enough concept, right? But there are some situations in which that thought is not right -- when someone is calling 9-1-1 for instance. It's against the law to interfere with an emergency call once it's placed. A Purlear man found that out the hard way last night.
Deputies were dispatched to the home of Mark Rogers after someone called 9-1-1 form the house and got disconnected, and dispatchers were unable to make contact with anyone when they called back. They discovered the person that had placed the call was Crystal Walker, and that Rogers had yanked the phone cord out of the box on the wall during her call. There's no explanation in the crime report why she was calling in the first place. When they found out what had happened, deputies told Rogers it was illegal to disconnect the phone from the line while another person was talking with 9-1-1. He responded, "It's my house and my phone, I'll disconnect it from the line whenever I want." After a short verbal disagreement, the deputy placed Rogers under arrest and transported him to jail, to be charged with interfering with an emergency communication.
Deputies were dispatched to the home of Mark Rogers after someone called 9-1-1 form the house and got disconnected, and dispatchers were unable to make contact with anyone when they called back. They discovered the person that had placed the call was Crystal Walker, and that Rogers had yanked the phone cord out of the box on the wall during her call. There's no explanation in the crime report why she was calling in the first place. When they found out what had happened, deputies told Rogers it was illegal to disconnect the phone from the line while another person was talking with 9-1-1. He responded, "It's my house and my phone, I'll disconnect it from the line whenever I want." After a short verbal disagreement, the deputy placed Rogers under arrest and transported him to jail, to be charged with interfering with an emergency communication.
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North Wilkesboro News @ April 25, 2007
