Florida man arrested for calling Clearwater police 98 times in 6 hours
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Michael Mott was arrested for calling the Clearwater Police Department 98 times in a matter of hours. (Fox 13 Tampa)
A man is under arrest after calling the Clearwater Police Department, non-stop. In a matter of hours, police say Michael Mott rang their Communications Center 98 times.
The reason? He said the police have his money and he wants it back.
Here are how some of the calls went:
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CPD: Hello? Hello?
Mott: Who is this?
CPD: Clearwater Police Department
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Mott: Who is this?
CPD: Nikki.
Mott: Nikki what?
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CPD: Sir, can I help you? Do you need the police?
Mott: No. I need my money. But ya'll holding onto it.
He hung up. Then, he called again and again, saying things like, "Ya'll give my money back," and, "Ya'll (expletive) better give me my money." He refused to give his name or his location.
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In a matter of six hours, Mott allegedly rang 98 different times. Still, each and every one had to be answered.
"They were frequently tied up with nonsense which is not a good thing," said Rob Shaw, CPD public information officer.
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"You never know, that one time he did call, there actually may have been an emergency," said Tracy Squitieri, police communications manager. "We have to treat every call as if it is an emergency until we know otherwise."
The money Mott was referring to had to do with a January drug arrest where police say he sold drugs to officers. During the series of calls, he went so far as to call the chief's office, berating the person who picked up. Police were eventually able to locate and arrest him.
"He used at least two phones for the calls and I'm told by one of our officers that he even made a couple of the calls in the presence of one of our officers, even after we showed up and confronted him about the misuse of the system," said Shaw.
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