Don't use a GPS-enabled cellphone to prank call 911

GPS turned out to be a total buzzkill for a 14-year old kid in Tennessee who discovered the hard way that his cellphone was GPS-enabled and that the police were easily tracking him as he made multiple prank emergency calls to 911 while riding the school bus home after school the other day.

[Via MobileBurn]

[Hooty @ Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

Soft GPS is very inaccurate, basically useless, they probably just looked up the kids account info and tracked him down.

[Kerros @ Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

Betcha he needed a change of shorts after his bus got pulled over by a police officer! I'd have loved to seen that kids face...lol

[Andrew @ Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

That wouldn't necessarily work since even a disabled, account-less cell phone is still able to dial 911.

[cnpalmer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

If you read the story closely the last prank call he made was that his mommy was getting beat up by his daddy... sounds like an episode right outta Cops!

[lurker_child @ Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

They should ship him off to the John Ashcroft Scared Straight program! 8-)

[David McArthur @ Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

With a cell phone with GPS with a lock, knows its location within 100 yards and sends it to the 911 center.