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False Alarm
Putnam
Police & Fire
Brewster Schools Searched After Accidental Alarm Activation: Police
Several school buildings in the Hudson Valley were searched following the accidental activation of an alarm, police said. The searches happened in Putnam County on Monday, Feb. 26 around 8:40 a.m., when the Putnam County Sheriff's Office received a Hold-In-Place alarm coming from the Brewster School District, authorities said. Although the alarm was determined to have been tripped by accident, members of the Sheriff's Office and the New York State Police still conducted a sweep of the district's schools as a precautionary measure. No threat currently exists to the schools, the …
Dauphin
Police & Fire
Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe
A 23-year-old Penn State Greater Allegheny dropout is believed to have faked her own abduction because she was embarrassed she hadn't been attending classes and didn't want to disappoint loved ones come graduation, authorities said. Chloe Elizabeth Stein of Jeannette, PA, left her car on the side of Radebaugh Road under Route 66 in Jeannette and walked three miles to a friend's house on the evening of Monday, May 1, 2023, PSP Trooper Steve Limani said. Sometime around then, she sent a text to her boyfriend saying she'd been pulled over, prompting authorities to issue a Missing Endange…
Chappaqua
Schools
Report Of Shots Fired Causes Horace Greeley HS To Lock Down In Chappaqua: Police
A high school in Northern Westchester was placed on lockdown and inspected by authorities after a complaint of shots fired was reported, police said. The incident happened at 8 a.m. at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua when New Castle Police responded to an anonymous complaint of shots fired. Because of the complaint, the school was placed on lockdown, and responding officers checked the school. After a search of the building, the initial report was determined to be false, police said. The lockdown at the school was then lifted. After this incident, all schools in t…
Hackensack
News
Hackensack Mom Tricks Way Into Bogota School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities
A Hackensack mom was arrested after she entered a Bogota school, pulled a fire alarm and ran down the street, authorities said. Marcela Gonzalez, 36, was seized her near the Lillian M. Steen Elementary School on West Main Street shortly after 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday, March 1, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Gonzalez apparently “rang the doorbell for the school stating she wanted to pick her child up,” Cole said. Then she pulled the fire alarm at the entrance and ran, he said. Officers Lewis Duenãs and Officer Michael Torres quickly placed Gonzalez into custody, Cole said. She was charge…
Essex MA
Police & Fire
Update
: Lockdown Prompted After Gunfire Reported At Amesbury High School: Police
Police received a report of gunfire at Amesbury High School and locked the school down, officials say. Officers were dispatched to the high school on Highland Street to lock the school down around 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 13 after receiving a call in which a male voice said he had a firearm near the school, according to the Amesbury Police Department. The sound of gunshots could be heard in the background of the call. Police followed procedure and responded with a large number of police and emergency units, locking the school down, and activating secure mode fore all other Amesbury sch…
Cape May
News
Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey
Police in South Jersey said a report of an active shooter at a high school turned out to be false. Lower Township Police, along with other agencies, responded to Lower Cape May Regional High School for the report of an active shooter. "It was very quickly determined that the call was unfounded and there was no threat and the school returned to regularly scheduled classes and activities," Lower Township police said.
South Passaic
News
Gotcha
! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall
The driver of a stolen car stopped by Wayne police called in a bomb threat at the Macy’s in the Willowbrook Mall in the hopes of distracting them, authorities charged. Capt. Michael McNiff wasn’t fooled. While units responded to the 911 call at the mall, McNiff reminded officers on the road that it could be a diversionary tactic, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Sure enough, the call was traced to Shaquanda White, 30, of East Orange, who was driving a Honda Accord that had just been stopped by Officer Chris Savitsky outside the Yard House restaurant at Willowbrook, the captain said. The se…
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Former Northeastern Employee Charged With Fabricating Explosive Package Incident
A former employee has been arrested and charged in connection with fabricating an explosion package incident at Northeastern University last month, authorities said. Jason Duhaime was arrested at his home in San Antonio, TX for lying to prosecutors in connection with the incident that happened on Tuesday, Sept. 13, FBI Boston and US Attorney Rachael Rollins report. Duhaime was recently hired to work at the university as a new technology manager of the Immersive Media Lab, according to his Northeastern biography. Authorities said Duhaime made a 911 call around 7:30 p.m. saying he was injure…
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
Fake Gun Report Prompts Lockdown At Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (
Update
)
Students at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton were ordered to shelter in place for two hours following a false report of a gun being brought to school, officials said. Acton Police responded to the school at 36 Charter Road in Acton for a "potentially concerning situation" on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 14, Boston25 reports citing school officials. After a search of the campus, it was determined that no guns were present and the school was deemed safe. Classes resumed shortly after. A copy of an email that went out to families regarding the shelter in place at Acton…
Paramus
News
Mall
'
Gunman
': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found
Throngs of panicked mall goers fled the Garden State Plaza in Paramus after someone claimed to have seen a man with a gun, authorities said. "It started with large groups of juveniles. Everyone started running and yelling," Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Saturday night, Sept. 3. The chief's officers checked the mall, assisted by other area law enforcers. "The all-clear was given and the mall is open for business," Ehrenberg said around 8:30 p.m., an hour or so after the incident. No injuries were reported. Authorities don't know who claimed that they'd seen a white man in br…
Bergenfield
News
Woman Believed Drowned In Bergenfield Pond Found Safe And Sound More Than 150 Miles Away
UPDATE: You can understand the concern, given recent events, when it was believed a woman had drowned in a pond in Bergenfield. You could also imagine the collective relief when it turned out to be a false alarm. The Bergen County Regional SCUBA Task Force was called after borough police and firefighters responded to Coopers Pond late Friday, April 29. Operations were suspended an hour or so later. That's because authorities discovered that the 50-year-old woman who was believed drowned was safe and sound -- in Rhode Island. It was on April 22 when an 18-year-old high school student drown…
Capital District
Police & Fire
'Unfounded' Report Of Armed Man Prompts Police Response In Schenectady
Police say a 911 call about an armed man pointing a gun out of a window in Schenectady was “unfounded.” The call came in at around 10 a.m. Tuesday with an individual saying they had just seen a man pointing a “large gun” out of a window near S. Brandywine and Odell Street, Schenectady police said. Not surprisingly, the report triggered a large police response, including officers from the Schenectady Police Department, New York State Police, Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office, and the Rotterdam Police Department. Several nearby roads were closed and residents of the apartment building wer…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Argumentative Man Pulls Fire Alarm, Goes On Breaking-Spree In Bucks, Police Say
An argumentative man was arrested after he pulled a fire alarm and went on a breaking spree in Perkasie last week, authorities said. Officers arrived at a building on South 2nd Street on June 21 to find that the building had evacuated due to the fire alarm pulled by the "disorderly subject," Perkasie police said. Bryan Fowler, who policy say continued to be argumentative with police was taken into custody. Fowler was charged with false alarms to agency of public safety, simple Assault, theft, and criminal mischief. Fowler was arraigned by Judge Falcone and transported to Bucks County…
Paramus
News
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival
UPDATE: An anxious carnival-goer triggered what became a false report of shots fired at a police-sponsored anti-drug event in Paramus over the weekend. Two men -- one of them an off-duty police officer -- got into an argument around 7 p.m. Saturday at the L.E.A.D. carnival on the grounds of the Westfield Garden State Plaza off Route 17, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Witnesses said punches were thrown. Someone then noticed that the officer was armed, heard balloons popping from a water game and called 911 to report shots fired, he said. Several other patr…
Cumberland
Police & Fire
Seen
HIM? Carlisle Police Search For Man Who Falsely Pulled Fire Alarm At Hotel
A man is wanted by police after he went into a hotel and pulled a fire alarm for no reason, according to Carlisle police. The man entered Comfort Suites located at 10 South Hanover Street and immediately pulled a lobby fire alarm at 4:22 p.m. on May 2, say police. The man fled the scene, joining two other men on East High Street. The false alarm caused an evacuation of the hotel and an emergency response from the Carlisle Fire Departments. Carlisle Police are attempting to identify the man captured on CCTV wearing a purple shirt. Anyone with information is asked to contact Carlisle pol…
Monmouth
Police & Fire
Howell PD: Drug Dealer's False Report Led To Unwarranted Traffic Stop
A suspected drug dealer was out for revenge when he made an unfounded call that caused Howell police to stop an innocent family, authorities said. Frederick T. Esposito, 32, surrendered to face charges of causing a false alarm and making false reports to law enforcement, Howell Police Chief Andrew Kudrick posted on Facebook Wednesday. The charges stem from a Feb. 8 report that someone was waiving a gun out of a vehicle window in a development near Bergerville Road. Police stopped the minivan and discovered members of a family headed to a driving range who were carrying legally …
Monmouth
Police & Fire
Howell PD: Pizza Hut Armed Robbery Was Hoax
A Pizza Hut employee wanted a pay raise, so he made up a story about chasing off an armed robber, police said. Joseph Baude, 30, of Ocean Township was charged with creating a false alarm and making a false report, Howell police said. Friday's incident at the Pizza Hut on Route 9 triggered a major law enforcement response when it was reported about 10:30 a.m. A total of 26 on-duty police officers from Howell responded to the scene and spent two hours manning a perimeter and searching for a suspect, police said. This included providing security for both the Goddard School and the Southar…
Monmouth
Police & Fire
School Lockdown In Morganville
A school in Monmouth County was locked down Thursday afternoon, according to reports. Marlboro Township police confirmed they were called to CPC High Point School in Morganville at 3 p.m. for an unknown incident, but could not report any other details. Circumstances prompting the lockdown were unknown. Initial unconfirmed reports said the call appears to be a false alarm but that, as a precaution, police were clearing the school at 1 High Point Center Way in Morganville.
New Canaan
Police & Fire
Woman Who Repeatedly Called 911 Becomes Belligerent With Officers, New Canaan PD Says
A woman who called 911 five times in less than an hour became belligerent when responding officers performed a welfare check in New Canaan, police said. Police responded on Thursday, Nov. 14 at about 11:15 p.m. Madeleine Arnheim, 47, called 911 five times between 11:06 p.m. and 12:11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, according to New Canaan Police. Knapp, who police say screamed at the officers when they arrived, was taken into custody and charged with disorderly contact and misuse of 911/false alarm. She is due in court on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Fort Lee
Police & Fire
Fort Lee PD: Shots Fired Report Unfounded
A report of possible shots fired Friday night at the Fort Lee recreation center was unfounded, authorities said. The report from the 8th Street recreation center came in just before 9:30 p.m., police said. “After an on-scene investigation, it was determined that no shots were fired, nor were there any weapons located in the area and no reported injured parties,” Lt. Sean Peppard said. “[T]here is no public safety threat to the community.”
Essex NJ
News
Two Men Blame Racial Profiling For Panic At Newark Airport: Report
The airline employee who sparked a panic when she ordered passengers to flee from a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport last week racially profiled the men who she took to be a threat, the men told BuzzFeed News. The Alaska Airlines employee hit an alarm near Gate 30 and yelled “evacuate” around 8:30 p.m. on Labor Day, sending hundreds scrambling from the terminal. Port Authority police interviewed the men, later saying it was a false alarm and there had never been any danger. Initial reports said the employee, who was not identified, singled out the men because they were be…
Fort Lee
Police & Fire
Exclusive
: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say
A suspicious package that closed the George Washington Bridge for more than two hours during Thursday night's rainstorm was actually a phony pipe bomb, Daily Voice has learned. The "inert device" found in the upper level's eastbound lane next to the median on the New Jersey side had a pipe bomb casing -- a symmetrical cylinder with two tied caps at either end -- but not all of the other components necessary to make it explosive, investigators said. Whoever called in the report may have been the person responsible for placing it there, investigators suspect. It was the only call police rece…
Norwalk
News
Report Of Shots Fired At Norwalk Community College 'False Alarm'
A call to police reporting shots fired at Norwalk Community College sent local and state police to the school to investigate the incident. The call came in around 1:33 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, reporting they had heard shots fired on the campus, said Norwalk Police. When police responded in force, they found the call was a "false alarm," said Norwalk Police Sgt. Sofia Gulino. "I don't believe officers could find the caller," she said. And a search of the campus by officers failed to turn up any signs of shooting or shots being fired, Gulino said. "It was basically a whole lot of noth…
North Passaic
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Wanaque PD Investigates 911 Supermarket 'Explosion' Call
WANAQUE, N.J. – Whoever called in a false alarm at a Wanaque supermarket could face charges if caught, authorities said. Police and firefighters rushed to the Stop & Shop on Union Avenue in Haskell Monday afternoon in response to a 911 call to a Pompton Lakes dispatcher of a “reported explosion, fire, smoke condition and evacuation of the store,” Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. Fackina asked that anyone who may have noticed someone acting suspiciously at the store to call Detective Charles Sahanas: (973) 835-5600.
