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Man calls police several times, claims he wants to see his wife 'Taylor Swift'

Posted at 11:19 PM, May 15, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-16 08:57:42-04

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A man was arrested in Lee County for abusing the 911 system, calling to say police needed to bring him to see his wife, who he claimed was Taylor Swift. 

According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, 27-year-old Kevin Thorn was near the Hilton Garden Inn in Fort Myers when he started calling police, asking police to bring him to the Park Royal mental health facility to meet his wife, Taylor Swift.

Police told Thorn to leave the property and to stop calling 911, and Thorn complied and left the property.

However, a few minutes later he called 911 again and returned to the Hilton Garden Inn. 

Police arrested him for trespassing and abusing the 911 system.