Crime & Safety
Seton Hall Students Arrested After Filing False Robbery Report: South Orange Police
The two students allegedly reported that a cell phone robbery took place on the Seton Hall campus, police say.
South Orange, NJ – South Orange police arrested two Seton Hall University students on Friday for allegedly reporting a fake robbery on campus, authorities said.
According to the South Orange Police Department, Nicole Morris, 18, and Alexandra Garcia, 18, falsely reported that a cell phone robbery took place on the Seton Hall campus on Thursday.
“The false report resulted in several alerts being generated and a police response which not only resulted in an immediate and swift course of action by officers, but also a detective bureau response that was unnecessary and wasteful,” police stated.
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No suspect was arrested as a result of the report, according to the South Orange Police Department.
Police charged Morris and Garcia with making a false police report. Both were assigned court dates, authorities stated.
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