A Guttenberg man is facing 10 new criminal charges for abusing a 911 emergency line after already being arrested for misusing the emergency number after having an overreaction to a lit scented candle.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Alfredo Gonzalez, 34, of Guttenberg, was arrested, processed, and lodged in the Hudson County Correctional Center following an investigation regarding his fabrication of a fire and mental health emergency to elicit an emergency response.
Following his arrest, the Guttenberg Police Department was notified by members who work with Hudson County 911 Emergency Communications that Gonzalez had continuously abused the 911 communications line with non-emergent matters on October 2nd.
At the time that the Guttenberg PD received this information, he had already been lodged in the Hudson County Correctional Center.
Yesterday, detectives with the Guttenberg Police Department Criminal Investigation’s Bureau were able to retrieve all of the 911 call recordings, separate from those that had already led to the previous criminal charge.
Following the review of these recordings, as the result of the continued criminal investigation, Gonzalez was also charged with nine counts of false public alarm/misuse of 911 line and one count of false reports to law enforcement.
These charges came after it was discovered that he fabricated that a white Land Rover had pulled over next to him and was going to shoot him. At that time, Gonzales was located in an area, that at the time of the call, was viewable by our CCTV surveillance cameras.
The review of this footage showed that he was not approached by any vehicles, nor did he have any interaction with anyone, other than a few officers who had to respond to countless non-emergent calls that Gonzalez placed.
These additional criminal charges were issued on a complaint warrant.
Prior to his release from the Hudson County Correctional Center on October 3rd for the original complaint warrant, Gonzalez was re-arrested, processed on the new complaint warrant, and again lodged inside of the county jail.
“As previously stated, the abuse of the 9-1-1 communications line is absolutely unacceptable. Discovering that the abuse was much more serious than initially known should further highlight the importance of pursuing and holding individuals who engage in this behavior accountable for their actions,” added Guttenberg Deputy Chief Frank Pelaez.
“Fabricating a fire emergency and a mental health emergency was dangerous enough. However, to add a fabricated story about someone shooting another person makes it that much worse. This could have led to a justified emergency response that could have endangered the public and our officers. The Guttenberg Police Department will go to whatever length necessary to ensure individuals like this are held accountable and stopped from endangering the safety of the public and the safety of my officers.”
If anyone has any information pertaining to this incident, they are encouraged to contact the Guttenberg Police Department at 201-868-3300 or email Lt. Steven Diaz at sdiaz@guttenbergpolice.org or Det. Sgt. Marcin Rysiec at mrysiec@guttenbergpolice.org.
