Police ID Suspect by Phoning Ma from His Own Cell Phone

by hearit

The mother-child relationship is a bond that can’t be broken—until your mom outs you to police.

Athens, Georgia, police were looking for a suspect accused of breaking into a local elementary school—and found their man by calling the contact listed as "Ma" from a cell phone that was dropped in pursuit.

Police officers were responding to an elementary school alarm, arriving in time to find a man running through the grade school cafeteria and exiting the school’s back door.

Athens Police apparently weren’t fast enough to catch him but did pick up the mobile phone dropped by the fleeing subject. Since everyone’s got a mother—and most have that number in their phone, police simply searched the man’s contact list to find the number associated with "Ma." The woman who answered the incoming call seemed to have no issue in supplying her son's name to police officers.

Moral of the story: give ‘Ma’ a code name--especially if she’s not smart enough not to give your name to police.