VILLAS – On Thurs., July 8, the Lower Township Police Communication Center received three fictitious 9-1-1 calls. The first was made at 12:43 a.m., the second at 12:58 a.m., and the third at 1:12 a.m.
During those calls the caller used a false name to identify himself and advised dispatchers that there were active warrants for a Daniel Thomas, if officers located him.
At approximately 2:00 a.m., Special Officer Michael Kennedy, while on routine patrol on Bayshore Road in Villas, observed a male subject in a parking lot, who appeared to be attempting to flag down the officer.
When Kennedy approached the subject, he realized that the man was aggressively waving an obscene gesture with his hand, at the officer.
The subject, identified as Daniel T. Thomas, age 21, of the 3800 block of Bybrook Road in North Cape May, immediately approached the officer and began to be very belligerent and combative toward the officer and continually directed profane language at the officer.
At that time Patrol Officer William Barcas arrived to back up Kennedy. Thomas was told to calm down numerous times by the officers, but he continued to be extremely belligerent towards the officers and began to make threats towards the officers and their family members.
At that point, Daniel Thomas was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and transported to Lower Township Police Department for processing.
While being processed, Thomas provided a cell phone number for the arrest report, which was the same number that the three fictitious calls came from earlier.
In addition, on July 3rd, Thomas made numerous calls to Lower Township’s 9-1-1 System reporting that he had beat up his girlfriend and that he wanted to go to the County Jail.
An investigation into those calls proved to be unfounded and Thomas was warned at the time regarding further abuse of the Emergency 9-1-1 System.
Thomas was charged with one count of Disorderly Conduct, a disorderly persons offense. He was also charged on a warrant with False Public Alarms, For Misuse of the Emergency 9-1-1 Call System, this being a 4th degree crime.
Lower Township Municipal Court Judge, David Deweese, set Thomas’ bail at $10,000 full cash. Thomas was then lodged in the Cape May County Jail in default of bail.
The incident was investigated by Patrol Officer William Barcas.
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