An 11-year-old Florida girl was arrested Wednesday for phoning in a prank kidnapping report to police, just days after an Alabama woman admitted to crafting her own abduction hoax.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said the girl was charged with a felony of making a false police report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner and a misdemeanor of misuse of 911.
“Multiple deputies responded, along with Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange police and Air One, to search for the suspect vehicle, but no van was found,” the sheriff’s office said. The girl told responding deputies that she learned about the 911 prank from YouTube and thought it “would be funny.”
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