After a 911 call comes in saying that a pedestrian has been hit by a tanker truck, you might expect for their next stop to be the hospital… or worse. Instead, this man was taken directly to the county jail.
Jeremy Sharp had complained about the intersection before. According to police, the 33-year-old man from Hyrum, Utah “reported concerns about semi-trucks cutting the corner across the parking lot.” It seems that his concerns weren’t addressed to his satisfaction.
On January 12th, 911 dispatchers got a call from Sharp apparently pretending to be someone else. He reported that someone had been hit by a truck at the intersection. He wouldn’t give any other details and told 911 that he wasn’t near the person.
According to the police report, when first responders arrived, they found Sharp lying on his back just off of the road. Sharp told police that he had been just been hit by a tanker hauling milk. Not only that, the previous night, he had been hit by a tanker hauling gasoline in the same spot.
Seven Cache County Sheriff’s deputies, two Utah Highway Patrol troopers, and a Cache County ambulance were among the first responders. They said that “there were no tracks or other indications that an accident involving a vehicle had occurred.”
Still, they put Sharp on a stretcher and put him in the ambulance to be examined. As Sharp was being examined by EMTs, he was texting on his phone. It turned out that he was texting 911, asking for more assistance.
When the EMTs couldn’t find any injuries, they released him. But as he was leaving the ambulance, officers report that he “went limp and began to collapse to the ground.”
He found his strength quickly though and started trying to pull away when officers arrested him for falsely reporting an accident to 911.
Sharp has been charged with making a false emergency report involving injury or death, interfering with an arrest, and disorderly conduct.
Source: sltrib, ksl, abc4, kjzz, arrestreport
Power punch says
Dumb Dee dumb dumb lmao
Dr. Doom says
As they say, you cant fix stupid. Its alarming how many people that think like this are out there.
T-BONE says
What is it that Homer says?………. DOHHHHH!!
Andrew H says
You can text 911?
Also why I keep dash cameras. I’m afraid some moron is going to jump in front of my truck someday trying to make a quick buck.
Barney says
It’s hard to make a buck when your new permanent home is a body bag
Morgan says
Its illegal to be filming while DRIVING. Also its invasion of privacy and you can be sued for illegal use of camera and filming others without their permission.
Jax says
Hands free filming is not illegal and laws pertaining to invasion of privacy and filming without permission go out the window once you are in public and filming is not being used for commercial purposes.
bobtrucks says
It should be illegal for the company to film you while you’re driving!
Super Duck says
The world is full of stupid!!! And this guy definitely deserves a long and pleasant stay at the cross bar hotel.
David S. McQueen says
I’ll bet Jeremy Sharp (the wannabe con man) had more than one notation on his criminal record. Too many people in this country try to use the judicial system as a get-rich-quick scheme. If Sharp’s plan had worked, the driver would have had a very black mark on his record. Tort reform should include a “loser pays” clause.
Trucker's wife says
What driver?
10-4 says
And this guy has nothing else better to do then standing at that intersection all day long??? I bet he’s screaming at the sky there since 2016…and collecting welfare checks ( from taxes what hard working people – tanker truck drivers too – contributed to ). He’s the reason the Spartans invented the Taygetos method…
James C says
Play stupid games. Get stupid prizes.
Barney says
Lol
Exactly!!
Mohamad says
I don’t understand all the hate against truckers. We are just trying to make a n honest living we have families too. It’s hard enough to make it as truck driver without all the hate
Tomas says
I don’t think it’s hate. I think it’s greed, fed by stupidity (or vice versa).
They see trucks as 18wheel dollar signs.
Often, the courts support this viewpoint.
Morgan says
Trucks are too big, and noisy. They drive too fast sometimes. Sometimes they drive too slow. So I call up on them. Then the police mess with them and gives them some kind of ticket .
Jax says
Really? You are one of those people, eh.