A preschooler in suburban Chicago may be just a tad over-prepared for alerting authorities to an emergency. Especially when that emergency involves a Happy Meal.
Police finally tracked down a four-year old in Carpentersville, Illinois who was repeatedly dialing up 911 on a deactivated cell phone. Because dead cell phones must still be able to connect through to the emergency number, the girl was able to reach dispatchers 287 times last month. When authorities could only pinpoint the caller to the building and not the apartment where she was living, they hatched a brilliant plan to lure the girl into revealing her address: They asked her what she wanted (score one for the IL-Po!).
And then, like every sensible four-year old I know, she answered "McDonalds." So police offered to deliver it to her. She gave up her address, and like a classic Law & Order sting, they arrived at her door, informed her mother of the incessant calling who then took the cell phone away. The real sting is that they didn't bother to bring the small fry a small fry when they busted her. But you just know the real ending to this story was when one officer turned to the other as they headed back to the car and said, "Dude, an apple pie does sound kinda tasty, doesn't it?"
