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| Most drug busts start out with a tip, are followed by an investigation and end up with an arrest.
But for two Lincolnton residents, the early morning knock on the door they received from police officers happened after they made a simple mistake — dialing the wrong number. It was 4 a.m. on Oct. 29 when Detective Rick Lynn, a narcotics officer with the Lincolnton Police Department, heard his cell phone ring. He answered. “The voice on the other end says ‘Who’s this?’” Lynn said. “I said, ‘Who’s this?’” The caller eventually told him his name. Lynn asked him what he wanted. “He said, ‘Bring me a 50,’” Lynn said, meaning a $50 rock of crack cocaine. After recognizing the voice and connecting it with the name the man gave him, Lynn told him he’d be there in a minute. He went to the police station and then, accompanied by officers Jason Hutchinson and Danny Renn, headed over to the man’s home. The officers knocked on the door. “Who’s is it?” a voice asked from inside. “It’s me,” Lynn answered. The door opened. “To his surprise, it was me,” Lynn said. “That’s when I informed him that he just called the police to order dope.” The man, identified as Mark Lewis, 37, said that his girlfriend had been randomly dialing numbers in his cell phone’s history, allegedly trying to buy drugs. Lynn said his number was stored in Lewis’ phone because a police informant had used it earlier to try to set up a buy. “That has to be one of the funniest things that’s ever happened in my career,” Lynn said. “I couldn’t believe it.” Lewis and Lori Dale Brooks, 38, both of 320-A N. Aspen St. and formerly of 720 E. Pine St. are each charged with one count of attempted possession of cocaine. They were arrested and bond was set at $25,000 each. Warrants are pending on three other men who were also at the house when police showed up. |
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wat are the odds of this happening...seems like crack really does make you dumb
