911 for a cheeseburger? An Indiana man was arrested for calling 911 nine times, asking for the same thing: a cheeseburger.
A man was arrested this week for repeatedly dialing 911, asking emergency dispatchers for a cheeseburger.
Police in New Castle, Ind., told the Indianapolis Star they arrested 52-year-old Gregory Jackson on Friday evening after he called the 911 dispatch center in Henry County “multiple times requesting a cheeseburger.”
Jackson had a warrant out for his arrest, which was issued two days after he failed to show up for a court hearing. He was later apprehended at his apartment, the newspaper said.
Local station WISH-TV said Jackson called the dispatcher nine different times, asking for the same thing: a cheeseburger.
During the exchange, the dispatcher told Jackson that “we don’t take cheeseburger orders,” before sending police officers to his home, WISH reported. “Well I asked if you had an emergency. You said no, you needed a cheeseburger. So we don’t take cheeseburger orders,” the dispatcher also said.
Henry County Sheriff Butch Baker told the Star that Jackson wasn’t served cheeseburger while he was detained. If he happened to have received a meal on Friday night, it was likely a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, he said.
Jackson has a long police record. He was arrested more than a dozen times since the early 1990s for public intoxication, according to the Star. He also served jail time for dealing a controlled substance, theft, and criminal recklessness, WISH-TV reported.
In the final exchange between the dispatcher and Jackson, the dispatcher asked him: “You hear them knocking?” in reference to an officer sent to his apartment. He replied, “Yes.”
