Man tries to fool cops by calling 911 during stop

[January 02, 2009]  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities said a Sarasota man about to be pulled over by police tried to lure officers away by making a fake 911 call.

Officers said they were following a 28-year-old man's car Monday to make a traffic stop when they got a 911 call for an armed robbery happening several blocks away.

The man's plan seemed to work at first when the officers cut off their chase to answer the call. But then other officers in the area followed him into a parking lot and saw a gun in his car.

Officer's determined that the man was a felon and not allowed to possess a firearm. After the man was arrested, officers said they discovered that the bogus 911 call came from his cell phone.

He was being held on $11,490 bail for multiple charges.

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Information from: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, http://www.herald-trib.com/

[Associated Press]

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