California Man Arrested For Calling 911 Over 100 Times In Past Month [Video]

Authorities in California have arrested a man that they say placed more than 100 calls to the police department in just one month.

According to KWKT, 56-year-old Jimmy Shao of Sacramento was taken into custody late Monday night on charges of falsely reporting emergencies and making harassing 911 calls.

Shao, a divorced father, allegedly dialed 911 more over 100 times in May, potentially tying up resources needed by other citizens.

Police say 60 of the 911 calls he made went to the Sacramento Police dispatcher.

“It can be very frustrating for a dispatcher. For us, 911 is that lifeline. It’s our number one priority,” said Jena Swafford, 911 dispatch supervisor for the city.

“He was told to stop making those calls and to use non-emergency lines and he refused to do so,” said Officer Michele Gigante with Sacramento Police.

When asked the reason for his obsessive 911 calling, Shao claimed the US government is using a satellite to beam signals into his body, and this causes severe pain.

“My brain, I can feel it starting. I’m blasted by the signals, every couple of minutes,” Jimmy Shao told CBS Sacramento. “I yell and I scream, ‘Stop it, I don’t need this,’ but they never listen.”

“911 is only place where I can reach for public help to rescue me from the satellite control,” he added.

The authorities believe Shao is delusional and needs psychiatric care.

Shao, for his part, says he was cleared by the psychiatrist his ex-wife took him to see.

Unfortunately, her comments on the matter have yet to be recorded.

“When he talks about the government controlling him and stirring his intestines, that’s not reality-based. That’s delusional, paranoid in nature,” Sacramento County mental health services psychiatrist Joseph Sisson said to Fox40.

Fox40 reports Shao has dialed 911 at least more times since bailing out of jail.

He told the news station that he plans to continue calling “until Congress starts an investigation.”