Serial Crank Caller Tracked To Hospital

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(Elizabethon, Tenn. -AP, January 10, 2005) —

A man was arrested on charges he made dozens of obscene phone calls from an unexpected place - a hospital intensive care waiting room.

Hank Steve Williams, 38, was charged Thursday with 38 counts of telephone harassment.

Officials said the suspect, who is not an employee of Sycamore Shoals Hospital, made the calls to at least five different women he didn't know over the past two months.

"He really had reached a comfort zone," said Elizabethton Police Capt. Mike Peters. "He knew the calls wouldn't be traced back to his number and he developed a pattern of making calls between 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on weekdays and noon and 2 p.m. on weekends."

Investigators arrested Williams after a surveillance camera allegedly caught him using the waiting room phone. Other evidence indicates such calls had been coming from the hospital since 2002, they said.

Peters said the investigation still has not revealed how Williams got his information about the names and numbers of the victims he called.

Sheriff John Henson sympathized with the victims. "It's a scary feeling when someone you don't know calls you and knows your name and number."

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/features...ews_calls.html

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Peters said the investigation still has not revealed how Williams got his information about the names and numbers of the victims he called.

Sheriff John Henson sympathized with the victims. "It's a scary feeling when someone you don't know calls you and knows your name and number."

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/features...ews_calls.html

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Psycho

[Phre4k]

I used to prank call, mainly my friends and parents.. Good times, I made my aunt think she won 3000 bucks on the radio he he. I wouldnt harass people I didnt know, but its fun to fool people you do know.

The only time I did harass random people, was when I called wal-mart and told them I was pooping in their bathroom and there was no toilet paper left. They were like "uhh, we will send some in right away" and I would say " could you bring me a bag of chips and a soda, Its been a while"

[aussie1]

I used to prank call, mainly my friends and parents.. Good times, I made my aunt think she won 3000 bucks on the radio he he. I wouldnt harass people I didnt know, but its fun to fool people you do know.

The only time I did harass random people, was when I called wal-mart and told them I was pooping in their bathroom and there was no toilet paper left. They were like "uhh, we will send some in right away" and I would say " could you bring me a bag of chips and a soda, Its been a while"

Love it!!!!

[Phre4k]

I always got, uhh we cannot deliver the items.

One lady once told me she would have someone bring me tp, but If i wanted the food id have to to finish up, wash my hands and come to the register.

I told her my religion was against bathing and washing hands was considered bathing!