San Francisco Bay area crank caller bothers police, is lame

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San Francisco Bay area crank caller bothers police, is lame

by Sean Cooper posted Sep 7th 2007 at 12:34AM

A mysterious Californian crank caller who started a spree of crank calling back in March is now responsible for some 2000 irritating calls. Calling himself Nomar, his calls have reported everything from heart attack to robbery and when police are unable to sort out out if the calls are a prank, they have to send somebody out. California Highway Patrol have figured out that the cell being used came from Oklahoma and was apparently donated to a group that distributes them to homeless. You know, if you've got too much time on your hands and feel the need to crank call someone, don't tie up emergency services, call the pizza shops, then call back and cancel.

Tags: crank call, CrankCall, Culture, nomar

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Goodman @ Sep 7th 2007 8:51AM

A lot of homeless people are mentally ill, and that may apply here. You have to be pretty insane to call in a fake heart attack, and possibly take an ambulance away from someone who really needs it.

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martin @ Sep 7th 2007 10:00AM

Bet his name turns out to be Ramon... thats how lame this guy sounds anyways!

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hobo @ Sep 7th 2007 2:16PM

Tell me again why insane bums need cellphones? Oh, right. To call aliens and God.

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Randy @ Sep 7th 2007 3:47PM

"The name is Sal no, no no, not Sol, Sal, Sal Rosenberg."

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Shane Reustle @ Sep 7th 2007 8:00PM

I don't understand why there is a fund for homeless people to get phones.

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