Plea expected from Youngstown teen accused of 9-1-1 hoaxes in four states

A Youngstown teen accused of placing phony emergency calls to draw out first responders in four states is expected to plead guilty in court Wednesday.

David Dorbish, 17, is scheduled to appear for a plea hearing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court instead of going on trial next week.

Dorbish, who turns 18 next month, drew national attention for allegedly making fake 911 calls to police departments in Florida, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Indiana…

9-1-1 LANDLINE OUTAGE IN NORTHWEST IOWA (IA)

SEVERAL IOWA TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING AN OUTAGE OF 911 SERVICE FROM LANDLINE PHONES.

SCHALLER TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS IN AND AROUND GALVA AND CUSHING, ASWELL AS LONG LINES CUSTOMERS IN AND AROUND CORRECTIONVILLE, ARE AFFECTED BY THIS OUTAGE.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THE OUTAGE MAY LAST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

Miller County has new 911 Emergency Communications Equipment (TX)

Miller County officials are now using the county’s new 911 emergency communications equipment at the Miller County Sheriff’s Office.

“We are excited to finally have it up and running,” Miller County Judge Cathy Hardin Harrison said Tuesday. “It was installed in December but we have had dispatchers training on it since then,” she said.

The Miller County Office of Emergency Management oversees the county’s emergency communications…

Sheriff: Woman made 79 calls to dispatchers since November (OH)

WASHINGTON TWP., MONTGOMERY COUNTY — A woman jailed on several charges of abusing 9-1-1 has called emergency dispatchers 79 times since early November, Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck said.

Rachel Weimer, 36, faces seven counts of abuse of 9-1-1 and other charges including; false alarm, phone threats/harassment, aggravated menacing and resisting, according to Kettering Municipal Court records…