Original Blog Entry: Teenage burglars accidentally dials 911

truesee — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:47:58 GMT

Teenage burglary suspects call 911 on themselves

Gary Taylor

Orlando Sentinel

4:01 p.m. EST, February 23, 2010

If you accidently hit a button on a cell phone, you're likely to dial a number.

It could be the last number you called on that phone or maybe the first number in your address book.

Or, as two Palm Coast teenagers found out the hard way, it could be 911.

An inadvertent call to the 911 dispatch center was received about 1:45 a.m. Sunday. Dispatchers listened as two females talked about breaking into vehicles in the area of the Lollipops night club.

They sent Daytona Beach officers to the 600 block of Glenview Avenue. They arrived in an unmarked vehicle and spotted a 13-year-old girl inside a vehicle. She ran, but was caught when she reached her friend's vehicle which was parked in the same lot.

Both were taken into custody.

The 13-year-old, whose name is not being used because of her age, faces a charge of burglary to a conveyance. Stefanie Vargas, 19, is accused of being a principal to burglary to a conveyance.

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