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Man Fakes Murder to Speed Police: Cops
Published : Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009, 12:48 PM CST
Police say an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault.
Tyler police say 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported that he'd just committed a homicide and was armed with a weapon.
According to a Tyler police statement, several officers sped to the northwest Tyler location with lights flashing and sirens screaming. They found Johnson, who allegedly told them the homicide was a ruse to get a quicker response to what his real beef was, a simple assault complaint.
Indeed, the Tyler police did act quickly. They arrested Johnson and charged him with filing a false report. He's in the Smith County Jail with bond set at $3,000.
A jail spokeswoman says she has no record of an attorney for him.
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