Looking For Drugs, NY Man Calls Cops By Mistake

[Old Moparz]

Not quite another dumb criminal story, but I'm sure this guy will eventually get his 15 minutes someday for doing something really stupid.   

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101109/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_really_wrong_number

– Tue Nov 9, 6:19 pm ET

CLARENCE, N.Y. – A New York man looking to buy drugs misdialed and got the sheriff's "Crime Stoppers" line instead. Erie County Sheriff's Detective Alan Rozansky said he got a call around noon on Monday and answered with his usual "Crime Stoppers." The caller apparently didn't hear that and told Rozansky he was looking "to score" drugs.

Rozansky told WIVB-TV that he was surprised but played along and arranged a meeting with undercover officers. The officers didn't arrest the caller but used him as an informant to lead them to another transaction taking place down the road.

There, police arrested a 35-year-old woman trying to sell her prescription painkillers to a Buffalo man.

The careless caller is off the hook for now.

[chargergirl]

Idiot!