Man calls 911 over rising gas prices

Louisiana - The St. John 9-1-1 emergency call center received a report from a motorist who became irate when, he said, a local gas station increased the price of the fuel - while he was filling up his truck. The unidentified motorist told authorities that when he first pulled into the station at Birdie’s Food and Fuel in LaPlace, the price on the pump read $3.049 per gallon. But, while he was pumping, the price shot up to $3.189. The motorist confronted the station attendant but got no satisfaction, so he dialed 9-1-1. “He said he didn’t think it was fair,” said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Dane Clement. “And the store attendant wasn’t very cooperative, so he called the Sheriff’s Office.” The deputy filed a report, which will be forwarded to the State Attorney General’s Office as a civil complaint.  More…