911 Marriage Emergency? Woman Tries to Force Boyfriend to Propose, Say Chicago Cops

CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM/AP) A woman from Chicago's Northwest Side desperately wanted to start 2011 with a marriage proposal, and decided that she needed a little help from the police.

911, can you convince my boyfriend to marry me?

According to CBS affiliate WBBM, 40-year-old Ana Perez called 911 around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, claiming her boyfriend was attacking her.

When police arrived, the alleged victim changed her story, and her tune, admitting that really she was just trying to scare her boyfriend into marrying her.

Oh, that old trick.

Police in the Grand Central District were not amused, and charged Perez with disorderly conduct.

"She called 911 to scare him and have the police force him to marry her,'' Grand Central District Police Capt. Ronald Pontecore told WBBM.

Pontecore said the officers raced to the scene, believing a woman was in danger, "only to find out it's something ridiculous like that."

The boyfriend, according to police, had no intention of marrying Perez and was in the process of breaking up with her.

Maybe next year?