VALLEJO, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Emergency dispatchers in Vallejo, Calif., are trying to come up with a solution to take care of “Nomar,” a prank caller who has plagued them since March.
The serial crank caller has already tallied almost 2,000 fake emergency calls to the Vallejo 911, the San Jose Mercury news reported Monday.
They believe that Nomar, who has also gone by "Steve," "Willie Davis," "David" and "Mike," is most likely a homeless man from San Francisco who calls in the emergencies from a donated cell phone.
"He can be quite convincing and he definitely knows the geography of Vallejo," said a frustrated Bill Powell, manager of Vallejo police communications. "If we can't determine it's a false call, we'll send people out."
And, believe it or not, Nomar isn't their worst prank 911 caller.
An unidentified man from Hayward has actually called the California Highway Patrol 5,000 times since May, usually just breathing deeply or giggling.
