Even in the age of touchscreens, people are still apparently butt-dialing, and for one Tennessee man, that led to legal consequences.
A Mt. Pleasant man was arrested for drug possession Friday after his accidental 911 call allowed dispatchers to overhear his conversation with a friend about going to a drug dealer and getting high.
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