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Police: Drunken NJ Man Reported Phony Crash To 911, Wanted Ride Home

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A drunken New Jersey man twice called 911 to report a fake accident because he wanted officers to give him a ride home, police said.

Hackettstown police say the initial call from Dario Guitierrez-Diaz, 38, came in around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, about the same time the department received a domestic violence call. Some officers who were headed to that call instead were diverted to the reported accident.

Before officers arrived at the alleged crash scene, Guitierrez-Diaz called 911 again and asked the dispatcher "where the police were," cops said.

When officers arrived on scene, they could not find a crash. But they soon located the suspect and determined that he had called 911 because he wanted a ride home.

Guitierrez-Diaz was charged with falsely calling 911 and improper behavior. He was reportedly being held in jail after failing to post the $2,500 bail.

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