Teen Charged With Making False Reports to Cops: Police

PLAINVIEW, NY - A Queens teen was arrested on Thursday for falsely reporting to police that his father was shot and his mother was tied up at a Plainview home back in February, according to Nassau Police.

On February 5 at 2 a.m. the 15-year-old made the call to police claiming the incident occurred at a Sunnyside Boulevard home.

Police have received several false calls over the last few years from that home, requiring emergency police responses, and it was found to be ‘swatting’ events, police said.

An investigation found that the 15-year-old was involved in several hundred swatting cases across the U.S., police said

He was arrested and charged with first degree reckless endangerment and two counts of falsely reporting an incident, police said.