Teh One Who Knocks
11-30-2021, 12:16 PM
by JEFF MORRIS - WCHS Eyewitness News
https://i.imgur.com/VstShbJ.jpg
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Kanawha County deputies said a man was charged after he made a false robbery call when he and several people were pulled over in a speeding vehicle.
Matthew Hammack, 27, of Charleston was arrested Thursday after a deputy made a traffic stop on a vehicle speeding on Interstate 64 near mile marker 55 in South Charleston, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office.
Below is the Metro 911 call deputies say the man allegedly made. If you are on a mobile device, it can be heard here (https://www.facebook.com/eyewitnessnewscharleston/videos/328776145362266).
328776145362266
The news release said several of the occupants in the vehicle seemed drunk, and the deputy returned to his cruiser to request backup to watch the occupants during any roadside tests.
Before the units arrived, a man called and reported that a gas station had been held up in South Charleston near the exit where the traffic stop was made. Emergency dispatchers noted that that the phone that dialed 911 to report the robbery was located on I-64 near the traffic stop, not near the store that allegedly was robbed.
Officers from the Charleston Police Department, South Charleston Police Department and sheriff’s office arrived and assisted with detaining the four occupants of the vehicle.
When dispatchers called the phone used to dial 911 to report the alleged robbery, a phone in the back seat of the stopped vehicle began ringing.
The news release said both occupants who had been in the back seat denied it was their phone. One of the occupants offered his phone as proof. A deputy asked the occupant if he would call the phone belonging to the other back seat occupant, and the phone in the back seat began to ring again.
Deputies said the phone belonged to Hammack, who was arrested and charged with falsely reporting an emergency.
The driver of the stopped vehicle passed the field sobriety tests and was cited for speeding before continuing his drive.
https://i.imgur.com/VstShbJ.jpg
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Kanawha County deputies said a man was charged after he made a false robbery call when he and several people were pulled over in a speeding vehicle.
Matthew Hammack, 27, of Charleston was arrested Thursday after a deputy made a traffic stop on a vehicle speeding on Interstate 64 near mile marker 55 in South Charleston, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office.
Below is the Metro 911 call deputies say the man allegedly made. If you are on a mobile device, it can be heard here (https://www.facebook.com/eyewitnessnewscharleston/videos/328776145362266).
328776145362266
The news release said several of the occupants in the vehicle seemed drunk, and the deputy returned to his cruiser to request backup to watch the occupants during any roadside tests.
Before the units arrived, a man called and reported that a gas station had been held up in South Charleston near the exit where the traffic stop was made. Emergency dispatchers noted that that the phone that dialed 911 to report the robbery was located on I-64 near the traffic stop, not near the store that allegedly was robbed.
Officers from the Charleston Police Department, South Charleston Police Department and sheriff’s office arrived and assisted with detaining the four occupants of the vehicle.
When dispatchers called the phone used to dial 911 to report the alleged robbery, a phone in the back seat of the stopped vehicle began ringing.
The news release said both occupants who had been in the back seat denied it was their phone. One of the occupants offered his phone as proof. A deputy asked the occupant if he would call the phone belonging to the other back seat occupant, and the phone in the back seat began to ring again.
Deputies said the phone belonged to Hammack, who was arrested and charged with falsely reporting an emergency.
The driver of the stopped vehicle passed the field sobriety tests and was cited for speeding before continuing his drive.