[StBernard] St. Bernard Sheriff's Office probing fake emergency call in Bayou Road

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard Sheriff's Office probing fake emergency call in Bayou Road
Print Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Benjamin
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on May 02, 2014 at 9:25 AM, updated May 02, 2014 at 10:54 AM

St. Bernard sheriff's officials, responding to a call on Thursday evening
claiming an incident involving a AR-15 rifle, arrived at the home on the
1400 block of Bayou Road in eastern St. Bernard simply to find a family
sleeping, a sheriff's spokesman said.

While some local news media had reported "a SWAT roll," spokesman Steve
Cannizzaro said on Friday that was incorrect. He said that a few officers
responded to the scene, but that it turned out to be a "fake emergency
call."

Cannizzaro said the Sheriff's Office is investigating and that whomever
placed the call could face criminal mischief charges.

He asked anyone with information on the fake call to contact the Sheriff's
Office at 504.271.2501.