Worried family called for welfare check on 91-year-old woman after she went quiet… only for cops to get hilarious surprise when they arrived at her home
An elderly woman in Ohio gave her family a worrisome scare after she went suddenly quiet, only for a welfare check to end in the cops discovering she had been playing video games.
The 91-year-old woman sent her family into a panic on Thursday after she wasn’t answering her phone, prompting them to call for a welfare check on her.
The woman, whose identity hasn’t been released, was enrolled in the state’s ‘Are You Okay’ program where residents receive a daily check-in phone call, ABC News 5 reported.
‘It’s a really nice service that has saved lives in the past,’ Westlake Police Captain Jerry Vogel told the outlet.
‘Everyone was a little bit alarmed that she was missing these contacts.’
But when police officers arrived, they found the woman safe and sound in her bedroom playing video games, the outlet reported.
Police had attempted to knock on her door, but she didn’t answer them either.
Body camera footage showed the officers entering her home through her garage door before announcing themselves to the home.
An 91-year-old woman sent her family into a panic on Thursday after she wasn’t answering her phone but she was found simply in her room playing video games
Westlake Police Captain Jerry Vogel said the situation was a ‘good laugh’ but highlighted the importance of the ‘Are You Okay’ phone service that checks on enrolled residents
According to the police, she missed the calls while trying to beat her own high score. ‘We’re with her now. She’s playing video games in her bedroom,’ an officer told dispatch
Body camera footage showed the officers entering her home through her garage door before announcing themselves to the home
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According to the police, she missed the calls while trying to beat her own high score.
‘We’re with her now. She’s playing video games in her bedroom,’ an officer told dispatch.
While the woman was thankfully okay, she said she was grateful that police came to check on her, ABC News 5 reported.
‘[It] turned out to be all okay, everyone got a good laugh out of it,’ Vogel told the outlet.
‘It’s a great reminder that Westlake residents have that service for them and they can sign up any time they want.’
