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The worst pocket dial ever? Man accidentally calls 911 during drug deal and dispatchers send police to arrest him

PUBLISHED: 20:55, 9 August 2012

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A Pennsylvania man accidentally called 911 in the midst of a drug deal, allowing dispatchers to listen in on the entire transaction and send police to arrest him. Officers arrived to find Justin Kryzanowski, 24, with pockets full of drugs, syringes and paraphernalia -- as well as the phone, the line still open to 911. The phone call recorded everything, police say, including Kryzanowski's own arrest at his home in Scranton.

'Good stuff on there,' David Hahn, the Emergency Services Director in Lakawana County told Mail Online. 'I mean, these guys aren't brain surgeons, if you know what I mean. 'You can even hear the police knocking at the door.'

The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that dispatchers tracked the phone call to a car near Kryzanowski's home, where he was making a drug deal with a man called Rick.
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A few years ago I pocket dialed 911 in the middle of a lecture in class. Nothing ever came of it, which is surprising because that could get them fired. But still it's scary as hell for a few seconds until you turn your phone off.
 
Really? That properly sucks for this guy. But ehh, my paranoid password protection / always locked phone means even if it magically became unlocked in my pocket it still ain't calling nobody. NOBODY.
 
wow how did the phone pick up what they were saying? i have been pocket dialed before and i cant make out a word that they are saying
 
If the person whos phone it is ain't moving round too much (or not at all really) then theres gonna be a lot less of that fucked up GARNLEKLERHEJ noise, still must have one hell of a microphone to clearly make out the conversation!
 
How did the police find his location that quickly with just a cell phone number? I used to work for Sprint and I do not understand how it would be possible for the police to locate this guy so quickly from a single call unless they were already actively monitoring him. At Sprint we wouldn't give any details at all to LEO unless they faxed in a copy of a warrant. Maybe there is some loophole to allow tracking of 911 calls?
 
^I believe a 4th amendment challenge would not be successful because the accused cannot have a reasonable expectation of privacy here. It's analogous to a cop seeing you driving with a 40. Do you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in your car? What about in your house but with the windows open? So then, a phone in the pocket = an open window.
 
lol i just saw this on the news and was going to post it here but i guess someone beat me to it. BUMMER. pun fully intended.
 
Plea in drug case

One of the men who was arrested for alleged drug crimes after Leavenworth police received an accidental 911 call has pleaded no contest.

Jesus D. Santos, 26, Leavenworth, entered the plea Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court.

He pleaded no contest to one count of attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

Santos was arrested March 1 after Leavenworth police received a 911 call.

The dispatcher could hear what sounded like two people arguing.

Police were able to locate the source of the call and met with Santos and Jesus E. Suarez in the 100 block of South Seventh Street.

As they were preparing to leave the scene, police officers found what they believed to be crack cocaine in individually wrapped bags.

The suspected crack cocaine was under the bumper of a car Santos and Suarez had been in when officers arrived, according to Assistant County Attorney Joan Lowdon, who prosecuted the case.

She said the suspected drug tested positive for cocaine. The drugs totaled more than 8 grams.

It's believed the 911 call was dialed by accident on a cell phone belonging to Suarez. The call has been referred to as a pocket dial call.

Santos had faced other charges in the case, but he entered the plea to an amended charge Wednesday as part of an agreement reached with the prosecution.

Santos' attorney, Gregory Robinson, said he believes that, under state sentencing guidelines, his client is facing about a two-year prison sentence.

And Robinson indicated Santos could face an additional four years in prison for revocation of probation in earlier cases.

Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 28. Lowdon asked that Santos' three pending revocation cases also be placed on the docket for that date.

"I think we would like to resolve all four cases," she said.

Last month, Suarez was sentenced to more than 14 years for crimes related to the March 1 incident. He pleaded guilty in August to several drug charges.

http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20121024/NEWS/121029578/-1/Editorials
 
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