EMERGENCY: Lorna Jeanne Dudash

What do you do when you're a lonely 45-year-old woman and haven't had a "cutie pie" man in your life for a while?

Call 911, of course.


From KTVZ, Antonia Giedowyn writes:

An Aloha woman smitten with a sheriff’s deputy called 9-1-1 to get him to come over and succeeded in getting a date – in court, that is.

After her neighbors reported a noise complaint last month, two Washington County sheriff’s deputies knocked on Lorna Jeanne Dudash’s door, said Sgt. David Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

One of them caught her eye. When they left, Dudash dialed 9-1-1 in a desperate attempt to get the deputy she described to dispatchers as "a cutie pie" to return.

"He's the cutest cop I've seen in a long time. I just want to know his name... heck, it doesn't come very often a good man comes to your door step... I don’t have an emergency… I’ll think of something… throw him back my way, would you?.... just blame it on my dog," Dudash told a puzzled dispatcher.

..."Honey I’m just going to be honest with you, okay? I just thought he was cute, I’m 45-years-old and I’d just like to meet him again but I don’t know how to go about doing that without calling 9-1-1," Dudash said at one point during the call.

She went on to say, "I know this is absolutely not in any way, shape or form an emergency, but if you would give the officer my phone number and ask him to come back… would you mind?"

Little did Dudash realize just how much the sheriff’s office did indeed mind.

The "cute" deputy returned, and, once he determined there was no legitimate emergency, he arrested Dudash for misusing 9-1-1. She now faces a fine of up to several thousand dollars and up to a year in jail, according to Thompson.

Listen to Dudash's call for "help"



I wonder if Dudash's mug shot photographer was a cutie pie?

Yes, the call is hilarious. The story is funny -- on the surface.

BUT--

If you've ever had a life-threatening emergency and frantically called 911 for assistance, only to get a busy signal, it's difficult to find humor in Dudash's call.

As usually happens in cases like this, Dudash will probably be interviewed on TV and radio. At the very least, she'll get a lot of attention from the late night talk show comedians and most likely wallow in her fifteen minutes of fame.

The lesson is:

Do something stupid and become one of America's Jerry Springer-style notorious celebrities.

What should be the lesson from all of this:

DO NOT ABUSE THE 911 SYSTEM.

IT COULD COST A LIFE.