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Police say Tammy L. Black, of Worthington Road in Lower Providence Township, refused to stop calling emergency services over a non-emergency car dispute; hearing set for August 12
A Lower Providence Township woman has been charged by authorities with misdemeanor intentionally calling 911 for other than emergency purposes and harassment for allegedly calling the emergency number 34 times in a 2-hour time span last month.
On June 8, at 2:08 a.m., police responded to a theft call from Tammy L. Black, 50, of the 3700 block of Worthington Road, and found her to be highly intoxicated upon arrival, according to an affidavit.
Black wanted to report that her car was stolen by a juvenile daughter, who is permitted to take it to work and return it afterward, police said. Police spoke with the daughter, who gave a legitimate reason for not returning the car and agreed to return it in the morning, according to the complaint.
Black was advised of the arrangement and informed of her car’s location so a sober party could retrieve it for her, police said. Then, she “vocalized her displeasure” with the outcome of the investigation, police said.
Black, authorities allege, continued to call 911 multiple times regarding the car, which was already addressed. Notes from one of the 911 calls indicated that Black was not going to stop calling 911 until police arrive back at her home, according to the complaint.
Police arrived back to Black’s home, and addressed the matters again. During the visit, police told Black multiple times that if she continued to call 911 regarding the same matters, then she could be arrested, per the complaint.
Black then proceeded to call 911 10 more times, police said.
According to notes of the calls, it was documented that Black called 19 times. During the last call, according to the complaint, police went to Black’s home at 4:16 a.m.
There, she was sitting on the front porch. As police approached, they saw Black speaking to someone on her cell phone. They asked her if she was speaking with 911, and she said it was a county dispatcher, police said.
Black was taken into custody, taken to Montgomery County jail, and released for processing, police said.
On a later date, police obtained call records for all phone calls placed from Black’s cell phone to 911 the morning of June 8. According to records, Black called 911 34 times in a two hour and seven-minute time span, police said.
Black has a preliminary hearing set for Aug. 12 at 10:30 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Cathleen Kelly Rebar.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
