Crime & Safety
Search for Child in Water Deemed Likely Hoax
The response to the possible emergency went on for about 90 minutes.
Port Chester, NY — A likely hoax resulted in a multi-state, multi-agency search for a child in Port Chester Friday.
Lohud.com said Port Chester police first received reports of a body in Byram River, which separates Port Chester from Greenwich, Connecticut, and then a child caught in a drain.
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A Patch reader posted a message via the Port Chester Patch Facebook page with a video of one of the police helicopters flying overhead.
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A search in the air and on the water was called off after about 90 minutes, lohud.com said.
FAKE 911 CALL: Port Chester emergency of child in the water turns out to be hoax, police investigate. https://t.co/Jw47aMb5bE
— News12WC (@News12WC) June 24, 2016
The caller was located by police tracking the 911 call, FIOS1News.com said.
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Other than the suspect is a Port Chester resident, no other information about the person was released.
For the complete lohud.com article, go here. The FIOS1News.com story and video report can be accessed by clicking here.
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