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Local law enforcement officials are concerned that a pair of boat-in-distress calls to 911 over the holiday weekend may have been prank calls.
Oneida County Sheriff Rob Maciol stopped short of calling them fake or prank calls, instead referring to them as unfounded - while recapping the weekend on WIBX First News with Keeler in the Morning on Tuesday. Both instances involved a reported boat in distress on Oneida Lake, with the first report being made to Onondaga County 911 on Friday, Maciol said. The second came on Sunday afternoon and was made to the U.S. Coast Guard, he said.
Of the Friday search, Marciol said, That was an unfounded call. I m not quite sure, did someone see something that they thought was a boat in distress? Did someone make a fake call? We don t know at this point. Then, when it happens again.. Maciol said, referring to the second, similar call about a boat in distress on Oneida Lake on Sunday afternoon.
A search for a distressed boat on Oneida Lake was called off just before midnight after hours of searching Oneida Lake and the Barge Canal all the way to Utica.