Man Makes 3 Calls to 9-1-1 about Westland Break-In, Gets Ticketed

WESTLAND, Mich. (WJBK) -- She arrived home after work at Woodcrest Apartments in Westland, but was frozen in fear when she saw her front door had been kicked in.

"My mom called me, said someone had kicked in the door," said Sean Street. I actually got dressed. I drove over to her house. It probably took me approximately an hour to get there."

He called 9-1-1 to report his mother's break-in, then hustled from his West Bloomfield home to his mom's apartment on Wayne Road in Westland. He said it took him one hour. Now, he and his mom were waiting for police.

Sean called 9-1-1 again. He said he waited one more hour, but still no police, so he made a third 9-1-1 call. Did he lose his temper?

"Actually was no profanity whatsoever. I was very polite with them. The officer actually seemed very polite, also, and he told me let us handle it. Don't take matters into your own hands," Street explained.

He said a witness claimed he saw the guys break-in and that person waited for police to arrive.

"He said that he talked to the witness upstairs. The witness wouldn't tell him exactly who it was. He just told him that it was two guys wearing black hoodies and that there was nothing they could do about it," Street said. "I asked him if they would've came on time, the guys would've still been there? He said, if you want us to have a faster response time, contact the mayor to see if we can arrive on time faster and have more police officers."

So, no arrest. Then, a week later, Sean Street got a misdemeanor ticket in the mail. The ticket read "Malicious use of communications device misuse of 911." He must appear in court.

The ticket says Street repeatedly called 9-1-1 escalating a police run because he was unhappy with the response time.

If convicted, he faces a $500 fine and 90 days in jail.

Street said he called 9-1-1 three times and does not believe that's excessive.

"They found the time to write me a ticket. They never followed up with my mom about the investigation, the detective at all, but the detective actually had time to write me a ticket for that," Street told us.

Street said he'll contest the ticket with Westland Police.

Update: Fox 2 talked to Westland Police Chief Greg Angelosanto. He says there were clearly more than three calls to 9-1-1. But more importantly, the police report reflects that a 9-1-1 call included claims of a gun on the scene. After talking to witnesses, officers found no evidence of a gun - so a ticket was issued. The chief says Street mentioned the gun in an effort to get police there more quickly.