While engaged in a spirited quarrel, a John
Wallace Road couple seem to have accidentally called the police on themselves.
Instead of a problem, a name and an address, the anonymous cell-phone call
received by JCSO dispatch on the afternoon of Oct. 3 offered only a gallery
seat at a rollicking marital dispute replete with angry accusations, vicious
oaths and bitter tears. Officers arrived at the phone’s billing address to find
tempers somewhat cooled. According to the red-eyed husband, he and his wife had
been fighting about getting divorced, but it wasn’t until the dust settled that
he noticed his wife’s cell phone lying open on the floor and thought it might
have been dialed by mistake. Contacted at work, the wife admitted they’d been
shouting and cursing each other but said she had no idea their performance was
broadcast live. Officers advised the husband that, when future storms threaten,
he’d best excuse himself from the premises, if only for his neighbors’ sakes.