Failed 911 Call

The Breakdown

This has to be the best post that I have created so far. I wanted a story that didn't make sense as a story, but made my readers really think about what just happened he story and I found that story and it left me in tears, but believe me they weren’t sad tears, but tears of laughter. I discovered a post from 2011 by Jessica Hopper from the ABC News network. She covered a story of a Home Intruder Calls 911 on Homeowner. In the Portland, Oregon region lurked the intruder, Timothy Chapek. He broke into the house not knowing that the homeowner would be arriving shortly.

     

The Case

Upon returning home, house owner Hilary Mackenzie and her daughter heard a man’s voice , which he later told Mackenzie was Chapek. He leaped into the bathroom and for some mysterious reason thought it was best to call 911. According to the 911 report:

                           Available at  http://www.komonews.com/news/local/117607173.html , March 8, 2011.

When asked what his name is, he grows quiet, saying the homeowners can hear him. The homeowner, Hilary Mackenzie, can be heard confronting Chapek. Her two German Shepherds can be heard barking during the call.Mackenzie asks, “Why are you in my house taking a shower?" Chapek responds, "I broke in. I was kidnapped.”

Chapek claims that some men kidnapped him and put him in the bathroom. Mackenzie stood in awe, laughing at the fact that not only that he had called the police, but that he was voluntarily giving her all kinds of information. The good ABC News network also provides us with a funny version of his Audio 911 Call.

Available at http://abcnews.go.com/US/home-intruder-calls-911-homeowner-caught-showering/story?id=13084609#.T5a5aLNWq6-, March 8, 2011.


In the end it was unclear if Chapek was under the influence or just simply mental. He was arrested and put in the Multnomah county jail, but didn’t steal anything, so he was only charged with a misdemeanor for criminal trespassing. They checked his records and discovered that he had an extensive criminal record that only consisted of non-violent crimes.



Available at http://obensonreport.blogspot.com/2009/01/poster-mugshots-of-madea-goes-to-jail.html, January 22, 2009.


Word of Advice: I don’t encourage criminal activity, but if you plan to commit a crime you should probably at least make it worth your time or just don't do it at all. That way you wont be on the front cover of the Gaston Gazette or Lockup.