Crime & Safety
Woman to 911: Drug Dealer Won't Give Me Refund
The 47-year-old woman faces a charge of misusing the 911 system, after she called twice and demanded that police get her money back, according to media reports.
A 47-year-old woman faces a charge of misusing the 911 call response system, after police say she demanded that officer get her $50 back from a drug dealer, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Katrina Tisdale was arrested Monday night and booked into the Pinellas County Jail. According to jail records, this is the second time that Tisdale was jailed for misusing the 911 system, after a similar incident in 2011, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, police met with Tisdale after she phoned 911 twice on Monday night, April 22.
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They met her in the 600 block of Fourth Street North, where police say she demanded that officers get her cash back from a drug dealer.
According to police, Tisdale complained that she was broke until her next monthly Social Security disability check arrived.
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She had given her last $50 to a local drug dealer to buy marijuana and cocaine, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Police arrested Tisdale. She remained in jail Tuesday night, in lieu of $100 bail.
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