911 UK prank caller gets four years in prison
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BOLTON, England — Britain’s alleged worst prank caller was sentenced Sunday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a public nuisance for 40 years of phony calls to emergency services, the Daily Mail reports.
David Mason, 57, is accused of costing taxpayers almost $2 million by plaguing police, fire and ambulance crews with fake emergencies.
He invented brawls, blazes, car accidents, medical emergencies and bomb alerts — for the sole purpose of seeing the flashing lights of emergency vehicles, the Daily Mail reports. He admitted to officers that he derived "excitement" from seeing emergency vehicles arrive at the scene.
Full Story: Prank caller was a 'menace,' police officials say
Copyright 2008 FOX News Network, LLC
BOLTON, England — Britain’s alleged worst prank caller was sentenced Sunday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a public nuisance for 40 years of phony calls to emergency services, the Daily Mail reports.
David Mason, 57, is accused of costing taxpayers almost $2 million by plaguing police, fire and ambulance crews with fake emergencies.
He invented brawls, blazes, car accidents, medical emergencies and bomb alerts — for the sole purpose of seeing the flashing lights of emergency vehicles, the Daily Mail reports. He admitted to officers that he derived "excitement" from seeing emergency vehicles arrive at the scene.
Full Story: Prank caller was a 'menace,' police officials say
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