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Woman Made Phony 911 Call, Temple Terrace Police Say

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By HOWARD ALTMAN | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 20, 2008

Lorrie Ann Fernandez

Just after 8:30 this morning, Temple Terrace police say they received a call that the resident of a home on 5400 E. Busch Blvd. was injured and that a man was in the yard firing a revolver.

When police arrived at the scene, they saw a familiar figure walking from a payphone at a nearby Kmart where the calls were made, according to a report.

According to the report, police questioned Lorrie Ann Fernandez, 39, who denied making any calls. Then the officers recognized Fernandez.

Last month, she called 911 to report that someone was possibly injured and that she heard gunshots. At the time, she told police that she called 911 "because she wanted to know what her neighbors were doing."

That time, the police let her go. She was not so lucky this morning.

After she was read her rights, Fernandez told police that "it wasn't against the law to make 911 calls."

Police disagreed.

Fernandez, of 9246 Overlook Drive, Apt. B, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of making a false 911 call. She is being held at the Orient Road Jail on $1,000 bond.

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