Law enforcement in Arizona recently arrested a teenager in connection with a Twitter scheme to clog 911 phone lines.

The Vintage adult movies watch full movies and download18-year-old allegedly almost took down several emergency lines in the Phoenix area, as well as some in Texas and California.

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He's been charged with three counts of computer tampering, according to the local ABC News affiliate.

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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reportedly linked the teen to a San Francisco-based account that tweeted a link that forced Twitter users to call 911 whenever a user clicked on it, causing a storm of calls for some emergency lines.

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The 18-year-old said the whole thing was a prank gone wrong.

Mashablecalled the sheriff's office for more information but hasn't heard back as of this writing.

The teenager reportedly told authorities he had meant to tweet a different link, and that he had been working on an Apple product bug in order to become better known as a hacker.

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