Man Called 911 To Report He "Had Narcotics On His Person," Police Say

A Florida Man dialed 911 to report that he “had narcotics on his person,” according to police who say that the suspect told them he “wanted to go to jail.”

After Joshua Simmons, 21, called police late Sunday night, officers contacted him near a park in St. Petersburg. Simmons reportedly “stated he had marijuana in his front pocket and produced it to officers on scene.”

Pictured at right, Simmons was then taken into custody, according to an arrest affidavit, which noted that the defendant “spontaneously stated he was transient and wanted to go to jail.”

The seized marijuana weighed about one gram, cops reported.

Charged with pot possession, a misdemeanor, Simmons is being held in the county jail in lieu of $150 bond.

Simmons’s rap sheet includes three convictions for trespassing