Couple charged after toddler calls 911 15 times

LOWVILLE, N.Y. -- Authorities have charged a northern New York woman and her boyfriend because the woman's 2-year-old daughter used their cellphones to dial 911 a total of 15 times last month.

Village of Lowville police officer Matthew Martin said the 23-year-old mother and her 33-year-old boyfriend told him they tried to keep their phones away from the persistent toddler, but the girl kept getting them and dialing 911.

Martin spoke to the couple Wednesday after Lewis County 911 dispatchers reported that a child had called 14 times in January. Martin said the child called 911 a 15th time later that night.

He charged the couple the next day with obstructing governmental administration.

Martin said the girl called 911 three more times Friday but hasn't made an emergency call since then.