Baby's accidental phone call lands dad in jail

[Heracles 417]

Baby's accidental phone call lands dad in jail

January 22, 2009 - 6:21AM

A baby playing with a telephone inadvertently called police to his house in westernmost Canada and to his "very surprised" father's marijuana-growing operation inside, police say.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to an emergency 911 call in which the caller hung up without saying a word, Constable Janelle Canning told AFP on Wednesday.

The officers entered the White Rock residence, after knocks at the door went unanswered, she said.

"The father was very surprised to see us and insisted he hadn't called police," she said.

"The officers then observed his 11-month-old child playing with a cordless phone, pressing buttons randomly."

The mystery caller was identified, she said. "It appears the baby called us."

During a routine search of the house, the officers also uncovered 500 marijuana plants in two locked rooms on the main floor.

The 29-year-old father was arrested and faces charges of production of a controlled substance and mischief. He is to appear in court in April.

The baby boy was removed from the home by the Ministry of Children and Family, and was later released into his mother's custody.

AFP

This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/01/22/1232471435946.html

[Yoink 7]

bad baby... it would have been much cooler if you grew up with access to all the home-grown you could handle

[Heracles 417]

I wonder if the police here would have been able to:

a ) "routinely search the house"

b ) Charge the person considering the circumstances

Edited January 21, 2009 by Aficionado

[Amby 490]

gifted baby?

[mox 298]

I wonder if the police here would have been able to:

a ) "routinely search the house"

b ) Charge the person considering the circumstances

I don't know Canadian law, but in the US it's common for police to search the premises on a mistaken 911 call if they have any suspicion at all that it wasn't accidental, just in case you've got someone held against their will. Happened to a neighbor, their very young kids were making prank calls and decided it would be funny to call 911 and hang up. Police searched the entire home just to be sure.

And again, Canadian law may be different, but in the US if you invite the police into your home, you have waived all of your rights for your home to be searched. The search would indeed have been legal.

[Jasman0717 9]

Sucks to be him

[Marilyn. 340]

my roommate's kid dialed 911 a couple of times, he was around 1 at them... the police came to the door and everything..

we didn't have any pot plants growing in our place though

[MissStacey 1]

[SAT 9,609]

I wonder if the police here would have been able to:

a ) "routinely search the house"

b ) Charge the person considering the circumstances

the cop is entitled to look thru the house if he has reasonable cause to believe that a crime is taking place....or is about to take place.......

[SAT 9,609]

I wonder if the police here would have been able to:

a ) "routinely search the house"

b ) Charge the person considering the circumstances

I don't know Canadian law, but in the US it's common for police to search the premises on a mistaken 911 call if they have any suspicion at all that it wasn't accidental, just in case you've got someone held against their will. Happened to a neighbor, their very young kids were making prank calls and decided it would be funny to call 911 and hang up. Police searched the entire home just to be sure.

And again, Canadian law may be different, but in the US if you invite the police into your home, you have waived all of your rights for your home to be searched. The search would indeed have been legal.

Actually Mox if I'm correct.....if u invite the police in....then what is known as "The plain view" exception is in effect. Whatever is in plain view is game. If the police suspect lets say.....a person is in danger, then they can look in a closet, but not a desk drawer......unless u give further consent.......

[Krikit 1,164]

Actually Mox if I'm correct.....if u invite the police in....then what is known as "The plain view" exception is in effect. Whatever is in plain view is game. If the police suspect lets say.....a person is in danger, then they can look in a closet, but not a desk drawer......unless u give further consent.......

Fortunately for the police not too many pot plants are grown in desk drawers.

[almaty 19]

i am sure they did not answer the door cause they were in the kitchen ..gettin yet another bag of Funyums

[Krikit 1,164]

i am sure they did not answer the door cause they were in the kitchen ..gettin yet another bag of Funyums

[doodlebugg 10]

Did he grow in plain sight? What and idiot of a father doing that with a baby in the house!

[mawilson 2,133]

What the police did is illegal and wrong on so many levels...