Cell call leads to cell block
By Ashley Broughton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, UT 07/10/2003 - An unintentional cell phone call gave police some chuckles, but three Utah County residents got a far nastier surprise after it landed them in jail, authorities said.
The suspects, who included a 27-year-old probationer, were driving around last week when one accidentally pushed a cell phone button that calls the last number dialed, said American Fork police Lt. Darren Falslev on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, the last number dialed was police dispatch, Falslev said. The person had called the day before to ask about picking up property held as evidence in a previous incident.
But this time, dispatchers heard the probationer and two other suspects, ages 18 and 21, talk about how impaired they were and about drugs in their possession, Falslev said. At one point, one person asked the others to "pass the bong," he said; the group also said they were driving on the wrong side of the road.
Meanwhile, someone recognized the voice of the person who had called a day earlier, Falslev said. Police called the person back and asked them to stop by the police station to pick up their items.
When the three arrived -- about an hour after the cell phone call -- police searched the car and found drugs. The three were arrested.
Officers were "kind of surprised" the three actually showed up, particularly with the drugs still in their car, Falslev said. Dispatchers called back the number from the phone call and the cell phone rang as its owner was standing there.
It was unclear which of the suspects made the call. Charges had not been filed in the incident as of Wednesday.
Cory Winder of American Fork, the oldest of the three suspects, is on probation following a 2000 conviction on misdemeanor charges of failing to stop at the command of police and using or possessing drug paraphernalia.
The probation, initially set to run through 2002, was extended. Fourth District Judge Fred Howard in December 2002 approved Winder's request to be on home confinement with an ankle monitor. He remained in the Utah County Jail on Wednesday.
Winder also faces charges filed earlier this year in 4th District Court including a second-degree felony count of illegal possession or use of a controlled substance.
"I don't know what they were thinking," Falslev said. "I bet today they're thinking something different."
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