April Fool’s prank costs Illinois teen $150 in tickets

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Associated Press
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Sun, 2011-04-03 00:43

Bloomington police say the girl texted her friend and cousin Friday morning and said she’d been robbed and shot in the foot.
The pair called police, who rushed to a home where they found the 16-year-old safe. She hadn’t been robbed or shot.
The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports the girl received a $100 ticket for disorderly conduct and a $50 ticket for truancy because she wasn’t in school Friday.
Police say she could have been criminally charged with filing a false police report.
Bloomington police spokesman Dave White says the friend and cousin did the right thing by calling police. They haven’t been cited or charged.

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