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Vallejo girl admits to kidnapping hoax
Vallejo police said today that a colorful kidnapping story Friday involving a red car, a girl and a green dragon tattoo is false. The 10-year-old girl told police Friday afternoon...Read More
Brentwood Elementary school briefly locked down after hoax call
An elementary school in Brentwood was briefly placed on lockdown Monday afternoon after someone called the school and talked about having a gun, police said. The call was received around 2:25...Read More
Attorneys: Kidnapping was not a hoax
Attorneys representing a man being investigated for faking the kidnapping and ransom of Denise Huskins, his 30-year-old girlfriend, held a news conference Thursday afternoon to say the crime is not...Read More
Police decry fake kidnap as ‘wild goose chase’
A Vallejo police official said a man and woman involved in what appears to have been a faked kidnapping owe residents an apology.Read More
Napa teen arrested after high school bomb hoax
An 18-year-old Napa student was arrested after allegedly orchestrating a fake bomb threat.Read More
Mark Jackson among coaches spoofed by hoax
A Los Angeles man is in jail after allegedly pranking big-name coaches with phony job offers.Read More
NTSB intern confirmed wrong names in on-air flub
KTVU is saying it was duped by some sort of hoax in reporting fake names of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 pilots.Read More
UC Santa Cruz campus rape was a hoax
A woman who reported she was brutally raped at UC Santa Cruz last week has now confessed to making up the entire story. Read More