Yorktown Police Issue Statement About 'Creepy Clown' Sighting

YORKTOWN, NY — One report of a “creepy clown” sighting has spurred the Yorktown police to issue a statement that the public shouldn’t believe everything that’s online.

Chief Robert Noble said in a letter published by tapinto.net that the one report his department received turned out to be an incident in another community.

The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement October 4 making clear that many of the reports have been hoaxes.

Sheriff Adrian “Butch” Anderson said his office will pursue every threat made against the community however.

The “creepy clown” scare has also turned up in New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and Yonkers due to posts made on social media.

For more details from Yorktown, read tapinto.net here.

Patch file photo.