Crime & Safety
Police: Man Arrested After Calling Police 26 Times
Bobby Lee Tyler was arrested for unlawful use of the 9-1-1 system. Police said he called Greer dispatch's emergency line twice and then called the business number 24 times in a 24-hour period.
A Greer man was charged after calling police excessively.
According to an incident report, Bobby Lee Tyler, 41, of 161 N. Dill Ave., was charged with unlawful use of 911, after calling Greer police 26 times during a 24-hour period.
The report said that Tyler called the emergency line on two occasions, but had called the Greer Police Department's business line 24 times April 27.
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When officers arrived at Tyler's home, Tyler told police that they had just missed a woman, who was driving a blue car and that had been threatening him. When police asked where the woman went, he pointed toward a wooded hill.
According to the report, this is not the first time that Tyler has abused the system. Greer police contacted him on Nov. 15, 2011 for using the system inappropriately. He also has been arrested twice by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office in 2010 for the same offense.
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