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Hoax

Hoax 911 call triggers police response, lockdown at mall in Arcadia

  • Mar 12

Former congressional staffer charged with staging hoax attack

  • Nov 20, 2025

Former LA deputy mayor gets probation for fake bomb threat

  • Oct 8, 2025

Shots fired call at Pasadena school was hoax: police

  • Sep 12, 2025

Danny Trejo responds to online death hoax

  • Sep 8, 2025

Wave of active shooter hoaxes brings turmoil to start of school year

  • Aug 26, 2025

Active shooter report at IE movie theater was juvenile prank: Police

  • Aug 11, 2025

9-year-old girl found in an upstate NY pond drowned in a homicide

  • Jul 23, 2025

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Lockdown lifted at North Hollywood middle school after swatting report of man with gun

  • May 8
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Hoax 911 call triggers police response, lockdown at mall in Arcadia

  • Mar 12
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Former LA deputy mayor sentenced to probation, $5,000 fine for fake bomb threat to City Hall

  • Oct 8, 2025
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Shots fired call at Blair High School in Pasadena was hoax, police say

  • Sep 12, 2025
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Danny Trejo responds to online death hoax: 'I am very much alive'

  • Sep 8, 2025
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Villanova University active shooter report was 'cruel hoax'

  • Aug 22, 2025
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Report of active shooter at movie theater was juvenile prank, Rancho Cucamonga police say

  • Aug 11, 2025
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Former LA deputy mayor to plead guilty to reporting fake bomb threat at City Hall

  • May 24, 2025

Latest Stories

Father charged with murder of 9-year-old daughter in upstate NY after kidnapping hoax, officials say

A Canadian man was charged with murder in the death of his 9-year-old daughter in upstate New York, authorities said. Her body was found in a shallow pond.

  • Jul 21, 2025
Bethany Jacob

Security scare that led to diverted flight was hoax by 2 young children: FBI

"You Are All Going to Die, Help Me." The security scare that led to a diverted flight in El Paso was a threatening handwritten note that turned out to be a hoax by two young children, the FBI said.

  • Mar 8, 2025

Unfounded report of gunman prompts lockdown at Dorsey High School in Crenshaw District, LAPD says

An unfounded report of a gunman led to a brief lockdown at Dorsey High School in the Crenshaw District, authorities said.

  • Jan 29, 2025
Hulu

Ex-husband of Sherri Papini says he can't forgive her, speaking out on kidnapping hoax for 1st time

"I wanted to get the truth out." Ahead of a new Hulu docuseries, the ex-husband of Sherri Papini, the woman who faked her own kidnapping in Northern California, is speaking on experiencing the mystery that became a global story.

  • Jun 18, 2024
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Sherri Papini: CA woman sentenced for faking her own kidnapping to be released in October

Papini was moved to a residential reentry management, also known as a halfway house, ahead of her release in October. She was initially set to be released in May 2024.

  • Aug 26, 2023