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Public Service Announcement: if you are making a phone call to try and set up a drug deal or some other sort of criminal activity, make sure you dial the right phone number.

Around 3:45 this afternoon as I was putting the finishing touches on the brief that is due first thing Monday morning my office phone rang. I answered it with my usual "District Attorney's Office, [Useless Dicta] speaking" greeting. A very gruff voice on the other end of the phone said "It's going down at 1:23 tonight, corner of foothills and first." I responded with "I'm sorry, who are you trying to reach?" The very gruff voice said "Oh S%&@!, who the F*$% is this?" I responded very politely again with my name and said I was the felony department intern at the local DA's office. The conversation ended with "OH F*$%!" and a very quick click.

Lucky for Mr. Very Gruff voice he remembered to block his number before calling and the sheriff's department (who we are required to call whenever we get calls like that, which is rare) wasn't able to trace it. Lucky for me, that phone call provided some much needed entertainment and a good laugh with the rest of the office on what had been a very long and boring Friday afternoon.

Full post as published by [ Useless Dicta ] on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).