A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience

A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 911 to have cigarettes delivered to her home. (CNN/KTVT/Hood County Sheriff's Office)

  • More Featured Content
Summer job in jeopardy for teens
Summer job in jeopardy for teens

Since the beginning of the recession in late 2007, Rhode Island…

Aerial photos of OKC tornado damage
Aerial photos of OKC tornado damage

A tornado roared through Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening …

Stores sanctioned for food stamp violations
Stores cited for food stamp violations

Fewer than two percent of all certified food stamp retailers in…

Photos: Tornadoes hammer South, Midwest
Photos: Tornadoes hammer South, Midwest

Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection, …

Photos: What to buy with $600 million
Photos: What to buy with $600 million

Some of the items worth buying after winning the Powerball …

Advertisement

911 call asking for cigarettes leads to arrest

Lt.: The woman thought it would be amusing

Updated: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013, 8:05 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013, 8:05 AM EST

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 911 to have cigarettes delivered to her home.

Hood County sheriff's Lt. Kathy Jividen says the 48-year-old woman was "very intoxicated" when she requested the special delivery on Feb. 11.

Jividen says the caller instead received a visit from two deputies and was arrested. She was charged with a misdemeanor count of abuse of 911. She was later released from the Hood County jail on a $1,000 bond.

The woman lives in Granbury, about 65 miles southwest of Dallas.

Jividen says the woman thought it would be amusing to call 911 to place her order.

Advertisement
  • The Rhode Show on Facebook