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LARGO, Fla. - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.

Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.

Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was “surrounded by Largo police,” according to an arrest affidavit.

“Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence,” Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. “It’s one of our ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ cases.”

Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.

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We need a dumbass award. No seriously, this takes the cake. You’re drunk, cause a stir at a bar, and the cops are going to let you walk away from it all with just a warning so you call 911 to tell them that you are surrounded by police? How thick do you have to be? Or maybe drunk?

Of course, if he really was that drunk shouldn’t he have been arrested for public drunkenness? Tsk tsk, shame on the officers for not doing their job.

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