Jonathan Hinkle, 28, was arrested and taken to Brevard County Jail on Tuesday night in connection to the incident

A Florida man wanted to go to Hooters so badly that authorities say he called 911 saying he needed a ride to the restaurant because his grandmother had suffered a stroke in the parking lot.

Jonathan Hinkle, 28, was arrested and taken to Brevard County Jail on Tuesday night in connection to the incident, which happened on March 5.

Upon receiving the 911 call to take Hinkle to a Hooters in Merritt Island, Florida, police searched searched for three hours for his grandmother, 79-year-old Gayle Strickland, before finding her in good health.

When they finally found her at another location, she said she hasn't had a stroke or asked anyone for help.

Strickland told officers that she had been released from the hospital a few days earlier and had asked Hinkle to pick up his belongings from the place she was staying.

Upon receiving the 911 call to take Hinkle to a Hooters in Merritt Island, Florida, police searched searched for three hours for his grandmother, 79-year-old Gayle Strickland, before finding her in good health

News outlets say Hinkle told the dispatcher that he was running to get help and that he would pay responders to take him to the Hooters on Florida's Atlantic coast.

Officers finally caught up with Hinkle in a Burger King parking lot in Cocoa helping his girlfriend fix her car, the Orlando Sentinel.

Hinkle was arrested on charges of misusing 911 and faces up to five years in prison for the crime.

He was released on bond Wednesday night and records don't list an attorney for him.