SUNBURY — A Northumberland County 911 dispatcher faces misdemeanor assault and terroristic threat charges, and has been fired from his job, following a dispute Tuesday morning at the county communications center.
Andrew Youngs, 39, of Orange Street, Northumberland, was arrested and charged with the misdemeanor counts on Wednesday, following a police review of the incident.
Tompkins County’s 9-1-1 dispatchers are now working out of an alternate location near Cornell University, as renovations are underway to the emergency communications center on Brown Road in Lansing, the emergency department said Tuesday in a statement.
An Abbeville Police dispatcher is on administrative leave after her indictment.
Shawna Miguez, 52, was indicted in July on one count of felony sexual battery and one count of simple battery. She’s accused of touching the genitals of a co-worker in November 2023, and of committing a battery on the same co-worker, court records show.
Calls from worried parents flooded the Barrow County 911 call center
The emergency dispatch center fielding reports of an active shooter at a Georgia high school was overwhelmed with 911 calls as the situation unfolded, according to local reports and recordings obtained by ABC News.
A Naples police dispatcher attempted to defuse a confrontation between a man and Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann moments before authorities arrived on scene last week, a 911 call shows.
