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Patrol
School Officer Who Faked Shooting Could Face Felony Charges
Los Angeles Police detectives have recommended felony charges against Los Angeles School Police Officer Jeffrey Stenroos for staging a shooting hoax that triggered a massive manhunt.
March 6, 2011
Patrol
Detectives Skeptical of School Officer's Hoax Story
A source told the newspaper the bruising on Officer Jeffrey Stenroos' chest is not consistent with a gunshot at close range.
January 31, 2011
Patrol
L.A. School Officer Charged with Four Felonies In Shooting Hoax
Charges include perjury, filing a false insurance claim, preparing false evidence and filing a false police report in connection with the Jan. 19 hoax, the Los Angeles District Attorney announced.
March 9, 2011
Patrol
L.A. School Cop Gets Five Years for Hoax
The Los Angeles school police officer who staged a shooting hoax that resulted in a massive police manhunt in the San Fernando Valley was sentenced to five years in county jail today. He will likely serve a fraction of that time.
December 13, 2011
Patrol
Jeffrey Stenroos: Crying Wolf
The Jeffrey Stenroos case is the law enforcement version of the "Boy Who Cried Wolf." And as every schoolchild knows, crying wolf when there isn't one is a good way to get eaten.
March 7, 2011
Patrol
DA: Pa. Cop Faked His Own Shooting
A Pennsylvania police officer has been arrested and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation for staging a shooting in which he claimed to have been saved by his ballistic vest.
August 28, 2012
Patrol
Creepy Clown Hoaxes and Arrests Multiplying
Nearly every decade, the emergence of the “creepy clown” has a resurgence – and seems to fuel speculation and fear on American streets.
October 6, 2016
Patrol
Phoenix Terror Hoax
An amateur filmmaker is facing multiple charges for a terrorist hoax in which he filmed a 16-year-old dressed in a sheet and carrying a replica RPG launcher at a  Phoenix intersection. Read the full story here.
September 26, 2012
Patrol
Arizona Authorities Warn About Consequences of Hoax School Threats
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said anybody caught posting threatening hoaxes will be prosecuted and liable for costs.
September 6, 2018
Patrol
Secret Service Investigates Obama Assassination Hoax
The U.S. Secret Service has launched an investigation into the hacking of the Fox News Twitter account and six tweets posted early Monday claiming President Obama had been assassinated.
July 4, 2011
Patrol
Student Charged with Harvard Bomb Hoax
A Harvard University student was named Tuesday in a criminal complaint alleging he was responsible for bomb threats that led school officials to delay some final exams, including his, that had been scheduled for Monday.
December 18, 2013
Weapons
Teachers Blast NRA's 'Cruel Hoax'
The president of a national teachers union called the NRA's school-safety plan a "cruel hoax" that will lead to more gun violence rather than curbing active-shooter attacks.
April 2, 2013
Special Units
Indiana 'Swatting' Hoax Endangers Area Police, Residents
Local police officials say 'swatting' has been rare in Central Indiana. An official with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said IMPD has never responded to such a call. Carmel police said the hoax call involving the Chiassons was only their second.
February 24, 2014
Patrol
Video: Ariz. Filmmaker Arrested for Terror Hoax
The Phoenix Police Department arrested an amateur filmmaker who criticized the response of officers to a terrorist hoax he staged in July.
September 26, 2012
Patrol
Washington Detective Unmasks Acid-Attack Hoax
Vancounver (Wash.) Police detectives uncovered the hoax during an interview with Bethany Storro's doctors, who said her injuries were not consistent with the acid-splash attack she initially described.
September 20, 2010
Patrol
Tawana Brawley Begins Pay Out for Rape Hoax
The New York woman who falsely accused six white men of a racially motivated rape and assault in 1987 has been paying restitution to a prosecutor since February for defamation.
August 5, 2013
Patrol
L.A. School Officer Found Guilty In Shooting Hoax
Jeff Stenroos, 31, was convicted of five of the six counts against him in a non-jury trial. He faces up to five years in prison at a Dec. 14 sentencing.
September 12, 2011
Patrol
TN Man Arrested Over Bomb Truck Copycat Hoax
Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Special Operations Unit used a robot to sniff for explosives on the truck, but none were found, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
December 28, 2020
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