"911, what's your emergency?" a Hillsborough County operator asked in 2013.
But, Jason Honaker did not have an emergency when he called the line devoted to emergencies only.
"You better put the knife down," he said over the phone. "I'm telling you that right now!"
The prolific caller tied up emergency lines more than 1,200 times in 2013 with bizarre rants.
"He needs to put that knife down," Honaker said into the phone.
It took a helicopter, undercover detectives and K-9 units to track Honaker to a Tampa-area printing press where deputies learned he made the prank calls using an unregistered cell phone.