Man arrested after 911 cocoa request

BEAVERTON, Ore. – A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got himself arrested instead. Beaverton police say Mark Eskelsen called emergency dispatchers from his cell phone, identified himself as “the sheriff of Washington County,” and asked for medical help. He later admitted he wasn’t the sheriff but informed the dispatcher he’d been “yelling for about an hour and a half.” Neighbors could vouch for that. They had called 911 themselves, concerned about the man they could hear bellowing early Sunday morning.