The Massachusetts man accused of making fake dispatch calls across Litchfield County has been sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years' probation, according to the court clerk.
Adam Perrelli, a resident of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was found guilty of making at least eight fake emergency radio transmissions over the Litchfield County Dispatch system that interrupted emergency calls between Dec. 25, 2013 and Jan. 6, 2014.
Listen to the calls here:
- Police released this call on Jan. 10
- Police also released this call on Jan. 10
- Police released this fake dispatch
- You can listen to another false dispatch here
Police said he sent ambulances out to non-emergencies and canceled calls to actual fires. Investigators said Perrelli used a lost or stolen portable radio or electronic device to place the phony calls.
He was arrested last April in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and has been behind bars ever since.
Perrelli was sentenced in Bantam Superior Court on Monday.
