911 Emergency: Man's Phone Was Broken

A Fort Myers man was arrested for allegedly misusing the 911 system to get police to repair his broken cell phone, according to Fort Myers Police reports.

Police responded Sunday evening to a home on William Street in reference to numerous 911 calls coming from a cell phone at that address.

According to reports, the man was calling 911 because the phone was disconnected and he wanted police to have his cell phone turned on.

The 911 operators told the man an officer was on his way, but he refused to hang up to free up the line for emergency calls, reports said.

When police arrived, they said they found Santos Rolando Centeno sitting outside the home with a beer in his left hand and the phone in his right hand.

When asked why he called 911 so many times, Rolando-Centeno allegedly said his phone was broken and he wanted police to repair it.

It was the third time officers had been to the home in an hour for numerous 911 calls from the phone.

Rolando-Centeno was charged with misuse of 911.

But this guy wasn't:

Roger Gresse, an elderly man, from Zanesville, OH, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed. Roger opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, "Is someone in your house?" He said "No," but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me."

Then the police dispatcher said. "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available."

Roger said, "Okay."

He hung up the phone and counted to 30.

Then he phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot them," and he hung up.

Within five minutes, six police cars, a SWAT team, a helicopter, two fire trucks, a paramedic, and an ambulance showed up at the Gresse residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to Roger, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

Roger said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

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