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Tag: Pranksters
Patrol
Three Men Arrested for Fake Carjacking April Fools' Prank
Three men were arrested Tuesday night by San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputies after they reportedly staged a carjacking at a Hesperia In-N-Out hamburger restaurant, apparently in an effort to play a prank on their friend.
April 2, 2014
Special Units
Mich. Law Targets 'Swatting' Prank
Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation targeting "swatting," where pranksters make 911 calls that result in tactical units responding to fake emergencies.
October 16, 2012
Patrol
Man Pays $137 Traffic Ticket with Origami Pigs In Donut Boxes
A man paid a $137 traffic ticket with 137 pig-shaped origami bills in Dunkin' Donut boxes that frustrated and amused the clerk and officers at the police station.
September 14, 2012
Special Units
LAPD SWAT Rolls To Miley Cyrus' Home In 'Swatting' Prank
The Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team responded to the home of Miley Cyrus after receiving a report of a possible home invasion in a false alarm believed to be a "swatting" prank.
August 1, 2012
Vehicle Ops
Ky. Prankster Arrested for Facebook Photo
A 20-year-old Kentucky man was arrested, after he posted a photo on Facebook showing him appearing to siphon gas from a Jenkins Police Department cruiser and making an obscene gesture.
April 18, 2012
Patrol
Man Pranks Cops with Water Bottle
A prankster baits several officers with this prank where he tricks them into thinking he is urinating in public.
April 18, 2012
Patrol
Video: A Book Review, Dumbass Video, and Two Rants
Today's cops must deal with jackasses baiting them into taking reasonable actions and old-guard officers bent on telling them how much harder it was in earlier times.
April 18, 2012
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