December 2008; Middletown, New York: A trio of thieves intent upon stealing car parts from an auto body shop in upstate New York foiled themselves when the cell phone one of them was carrying "pocket dialed" 911, resulting in police overhearing their conversation as they were robbing the place: "You better come! We're getting the tires -- just shut the car off. They're going to think we're stealing it!" The GPS function on the phone led police straight to the miscreants.
2008年12月：手机如果不锁键盘就可能会拨通通讯录里名字靠前的朋友的电话，相信很多朋友会有这种经历吧。在纽约的中心镇，有三个小偷计划去汽车零件商店偷东西，其中一个家伙的电话就这样拨通了911，于是警察们就听到了如下对话：“快来快来，我们在拿轮胎——把车灭了吧，人家会觉得咱们在偷车！”于是，通过GPS定位，警察们直接去抓了个现行。

April 2005; Rogersville, Tennessee: Hawkins County authorities were tipped off to two would-be burglars' plans to steal a refrigerator from a mobile home dealership when a cell phone one of the crooks was carrying in his front pocket relayed a 40-minute-long discussion about the upcoming heist to 911 dispatchers. (The phone was of a type that automatically calls 911 when the '9' key is held down.) Sheriff's deputies hid in the woods near the dealership and nabbed the hapless thieves as they exited one of the mobile homes with a refrigerator and set it on the ground outside.
2005年：田纳西有两个小偷计划去偷移动交易商店里的电冰箱，其中一个人的手机有一种奇怪的设定，只要按到了数字9，就会自动拨通911，于是警察们听了40分钟的手机实况转播，在小偷们把计划付诸行动的时候把两个人一网打尽了。

March 1997; San Diego, California: Trying to call Mexico, a drug dealer dialed 911 instead of 011. Though he hung up when the emergency services operator answered, a police patrol was dispatched to his address. Four bad guys were arrested and 42 lbs. of marijuana and 2 oz. of methamphetamine were seized.
1997年，圣地亚哥的一个毒品贩子想打011，结果拨号时顺手拨成911，虽然接通后立马挂断了，不过美国的911电话如果拨通后直接被挂断，警察会根据GPS定位赶到现场做深入调查，以防有人质挟持事件或者拨电话的人需要急救。于是在调查的时候，四个坏家伙就被人赃俱获了。

February 1996; Frederick, Maryland: A lad called 911 to report the shed he was growing marijuana in was on fire. He got 60 days.
1996年二月：马里兰州一个小青年打911说他种大麻的小屋着火了，于是……

February 1994; Laguna Nigel, California: A man programming his phone to speed-dial 911 (Huh? The number is that hard to remember?) was arrested when sheriff's deputies responded to his call. He and his two buddies appeared to be under the influence of crystal methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment, so the three of them were placed under arrest.
1994年二月：一个人给911设了快捷拨号，结果警察们接电话的时候发现他和他两个小兄弟嗑药磕得正high，于是三个人就一起被捕了。

February 1990; San Diego, California: A phone programmed to automatically dial 911 when bumped or dropped gave this set of crooks away. Police discovered 250-300 marijuana plants growing in the house they'd been sent to investigate.
1990年二月：在加州的圣地亚哥，有个人的手机是只要碰到了或者摔了就会自动拨911，就是这个程式把手机的主人卖了，警察去他家调查的时候发现他在家里种了250-300株大麻。