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Texas woman arrested after calling 911 for cigarettes, police say

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(CBS/AP) GRANBURY, Texas - A Texas women was arrested after she allegedly called 911 last week to have cigarettes delivered to her home, police said.

Hood County sheriff's Lt. Kathy Jividen said the 48-year-old woman was "very intoxicated" when she requested the special delivery on Feb. 11.

Instead, the caller received a visit from two deputies and was arrested, Jividen said. She was charged with a misdemeanor count of abuse of 911. She was later released from the Hood County jail on a $1,000 bond.

The woman lives in Granbury, about 65 miles southwest of Dallas.

Jividen said the woman thought it would be amusing to call 911 to place her order.

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