A 29-year-old Douglas man living in a local motel was arrested and charged with misuse of 911 after he allegedly called 911 multiple times and falsely reported that a group of men were trying to kill him.
An incident report from the Douglas Police Department states that on October 17, 2026 at around 11:10 a.m., an officer responded to a welfare check call at the Time Out Bar. When the officer arrived, he spoke to a security guard who told him that a man identified as Tomas Antonio Acosta-Sosa, 29, of Douglas, had run into the bar with a bloody face. The guard thought Acosta-Sosa may have been attacked.
The officer spoke to Acosta-Sosa who said that several hours earlier, he had been at a nearby motel in a room and heard a group of men from Venezuela talking about him. He said he looked outside the window and they were armed, the report states. Believing they were going to kill him, the report says that Acosta-Sosa fled the motel. He ran into a wooded area and stayed there for about three hours. When he came out of the woods, he went to the bar.
When the officer asked about his face, Acosta-Sosa stated that he must have gotten scratched running through the woods. The officer took Acosta-Sosa back to the motel and looked for the group of men. Every room Acosta-Sosa pointed out was vacant. Acosta-Sosa gave the officer consent to search his room and he found a small amount of suspected marijuana. The officer confiscated the marijuana and prepared to leave the scene. The report says that Acosta-Sosa asked to be taken to jail but the officer refused, saying that he would make frequent patrols through the motel throughout the night.
The officer left and then, shortly after midnight, he received another call from the same motel regarding a fight. The complainant, Acosta-Sosa, again stated that 15-20 men were outside of his room with guns wanting to kill him. He called a second time before the officer made it back saying that lots of people were outside of his room with guns wanting to kill him, the report states.
Upon the officer’s return, he did not see a group of armed men anywhere. The report states that the officer told Acosta-Sosa that if he continued calling 911, he would be taken to jail. The report says that Acosta-Sosa then stated, “Go ahead and take me” and called 911 again. The officer arrested Acosta-Sosa and charged him with unlawful conduct during a 911 call/false report of a crime and transported him to the Coffee County Jail. Acosta-Sosa was later released on a $500 property bond.
