A Virginia woman who falsely
reported a Monday morning robbery at a Waffle House as an April Fools' Day
prank has been arrested by police.
Susan Alexandria Tinker, 20, an employee at a Hampton, Va., branch of the Waffle House chain, allegedly called local authorities just before 6 a.m. Monday and claimed the restaurant was raided by robbers five minutes earlier, Hampton Police Division Cpl. Mary Shackelford told NBC News.
Police responded immediately and
launched an investigation, interviewing other employees while a K-9 unit
sniffed around the scene and investigators canvassed the neighborhood for
suspects, Shackelford said.
But when police reviewed
surveillance footage recorded during Tinker’s shift, they discovered
unspecified evidence that the original 911 call was just an April Fools' Day
hoax, Shackelford said.
Hampton police weren’t in the mood
for a joke, and Tinker was arrested and charged with one misdemeanor count of
falsely summoning police, according to authorities.
Shackelford said that police will
not tolerate prank calls made to emergency officials.
"We take this very, very
seriously," she said.
"Sometimes we'll get incidents
where kids are playing around on the phone," Shackelford added. "But
usually it's nothing of this caliber."
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