Officers searched room by room only to find no victims. It was all a hoax. And its part of a dangerous trend thats even hit hearing g evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell spoke to concerned police in our area. Chris. Thats right, lucy. What happened at the rappers home in miami is eye phenomenon Law Enforcement becoming all too many with. Seemingly harmless crime that police say puts lives in danger. The calls come over 911 or social media. Immediate chaos. Theres been a shooting a hostage being held or an abduction. And as swat teams descend on the scene, and buildings evacuated the call turns out to be hoax. It creates a kind of a catastrophic event thats pranked. The not real. Reporter its called swatting. When someone makes a bogus call to lure police into respond. Upper darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood says its happened here. A call that a woman was abducted on marlboro road. We respond. We surround the house. We then gingerly knock on the door. A
Theres been a shooting a hostage being held or an abduction. And as swat teams descend on the scene, and buildings evacuated the call turns out to be hoax. It creates a kind of a catastrophic event thats pranked. The not real. Reporter its called swatting. When someone makes a bogus call to lure police into respond. Upper darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood says its happened here. A call that a woman was abducted on marlboro road. We respond. We surround the house. We then gingerly knock on the door. And sure enough, the owner of the house comes in. Theres nobody in here. You guys can come in. We go in and get a consent search look through the house it turns out to be nothing. Reporter chitwood says swatting puts not only law ends are force many but citizens in danger san huge waste of money. I mean its something that could be used to commit a crime too. Send all the resources to one end of town and commit a robbery of a bank. Reporter high profile celebrities like Ryan Seacrest
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