Bad Apple: Guy Calls 911 on Neighbors 647 Times in Six Months

If you think your neighbor’s a pain, meet 72-year-old Samuel Thomas from Florida. He’s setting the bar sky-high for neighborhood drama.

Thomas was arrested after making a wild (and false) call to 911 claiming someone was firing an AR-15 in the street. When police arrived, there was no gunfire, just a chill family barbecue with kids playing nearby. Several other neighbors confirmed there hadn’t been a single shot fired.

As it turns out, this wasn’t a one-time call. Thomas has allegedly dialed 911 a jaw-dropping 3,400 times in just the past year. And 647 of them were about that same neighbor’s house.

Over the last five years, he’s reportedly racked up a staggering 16,000 calls to emergency services.

The neighbor at the center of most of his complaints says he routinely yells obscenities at her family and has made a laundry list of unfounded accusations, including drug dealing and weapons violations. Despite ALL the nuisance calls, Thomas had somehow never been officially busted for abusing 911 services… until now.

He was charged with stalking, filing a false report, and resisting arrest, after allegedly putting up a fight when officers tried to cuff him.

Authorities didn’t find any signs of mental health issues… just an apparent passion for overusing emergency services.

Thomas has prior convictions for battery, DUI, marijuana possession, disorderly intoxication, passing bad checks, violating probation, and even failing to return rented merchandise.

So far, it’s unclear whether authorities can legally cut off his 911 privileges, but we’re guessing a lot of neighbors are hoping someone finds a way to block his number.