Potsdam-Mittelmark - 47-year-old abuses police as a cab: Expensive ride home
A 47-year-old man in Klaistow (Potsdam-Mittelmark district) called the police and fire department on Friday night because he couldn't get a cab. The man had called the fire department because of a fallen tree, a police spokesman said on Friday. On the scene, the firefighters realized that the man had lied, there was no fallen tree. They alerted the police. It turned out that the man had called the police an hour earlier because he couldn't get a cab due to the storm and wanted to be taken home. A test revealed a breath alcohol level of 1.09 per mille. Due to the weather conditions, he was actually driven home by the police. The man has to pay the costs for the journey and for the police and fire department. He is also being charged with misuse of an emergency call.
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- Despite the man's initial claim about a fallen tree, the police were eventually summoned to Klaistow (Potsdam-Mittelmark district) due to his difficulty in obtaining a cab during the storm.
- Upon arriving at the scene, the fire department discovered that the man had falsified his emergency call, leading the police to intervene.
- The police later discovered that the man had also made an earlier call to report his inability to get a cab, requesting a ride home to avoid the storm.
- Following the incident, the 47-year-old man was charged with misusing an emergency call and will be required to cover the costs of both the police and fire department's services, as well as his expensive journey home in a cab.
Source: www.stern.de
