SALEM -- A woman repeatedly called 9-1-1, sending police officers to her former boyfriend's house as an act of revenge, authorities said.

Ann Marie Weatherspoon allegedly made nine calls to 9-1-1 to summon police to her ex boyfriend's house, police say. (Salem City Police Department)

Ann Marie Weatherspoon, 29, would then allegedly stand outside her ex's Salem home posing as a neighbor and telling the arriving officers that he was assaulting his current girlfriend inside, according to Salem City chief of Police John A. Pelura III.

In all instances, the chief said, the woman's claims were false. It was all part of Weatherspoon's plan to get revenge on her former beau.

She is now facing 35 charges for the alleged calls.

They include nine counts of making false calls to the 911 system, seven counts of falsely incriminating another, nine counts of making false reports to police, nine counts of harassment and one count of stalking, Pelura said.

"The 9-1-1 system is in place to handle emergencies. It is dangerous and life-threatening for call takers and dispatchers to be tied up taking information on false calls when people with real emergencies have true need," Pelura said.

"While police are tied up trying to investigate what is reported to be serious crimes, other residents in need have to wait because a person is trying to harass her ex. We will not tolerate this type of perilous, juvenile behavior."

While Weatherspoon, who is from Carneys Point, allegedly gave a false name each time she made a call to the county 9-1-1 center, she pretty much gave the same story, Pelura said.

She would report that a man was assaulting his girlfriend and officers needed to respond to a specific address in Salem City. In one case, though, Pelura said, she allegedly reported that the house had been shot at.

Weatherspoon was arrested Wednesday when she was inside the city police station posting bail on criminal contempt of a restraining order and a police officer recognized her voice as the one heard on the 9-1-1- calls.

Authorities didn't say if the restraining order was related in any way to the case with her former boyfriend.

When she was told she was under arrest and being charged, Weatherspoon had to suddenly be taken to The Memorial Hospital of Salem County for "an undisclosed medical condition," according to the chief.

She was promptly cleared at the hospital and taken to the Salem County Correctional Facility, also in Mannington Township, where she was held on $54,500 bail, Pelura said.

Pelura did not identify the former boyfriend, since he is the victim in this case.

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