Tow-truck Driver Arrested on Drug Charge After Pocket-Dialing 911

By NBCMiami.com

Credit: Volusia County Sheriff

Tow-truck Driver Arrested on Drug Charge After Pocket-Dialing 911

January 31, 2013 Updated Jan 31, 2013 at 4:23 PM PDT

A conversation with two passengers landed an Orange City, Fla., tow truck driver in jail after his cell phone pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in.

Authorities say 19-year-old Matthew Dollarhide was surprised when a Volusia County Sheriff's deputy pulled him over on Tuesday and asked why they were talking about selling drugs.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports deputies were alerted at 9:42 p.m. local time Tuesday and sent to a location where dispatchers said the phone signal was coming from.

From the conversation, dispatchers learned that they were driving a tow truck and heard the name "Harry." Deputies pulled over a "Harry's Towing" truck moments later.

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