Whatever happened to "Is your refrigerator running"? A prank phone caller who convinced a woman to give herself a rectal exam was arrested and charged with second-degree aggravated harassment. The Staten Island Advance explains 49-year-old construction worker John Brady allegedly admitted he "would go through the phone book and pick random numbers and make telephone calls." Claiming to be from a doctor's office, Brady would then (allegedly) tell the person to perform a rectal exam while staying on the phone with him. One woman realized after her self-exam that the caller "did not represent a medical establishment" and the authorities tracked Brady down. The Advance says Brady, who faces up to a year in jail if convicted, has been arrested for previous harassing phone calls "but it's not clear if he's accused of pulling the same prank during those calls as well."
Published Dec 18, 2008
Modified Dec 18, 2008
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