With the weird clown trend creeping people out across the nation and here in CT, state police are issuing a warning about the consequences of actions perceived to be threatening.
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King was, for the most part, correct.
And two suburban school districts on Long Island recently beefed up security after alerting police of clown reports.
The nature of the threats was not revealed, and officials have not disclosed how many phone calls and social media posts they’ve received about such threats.
Sightings of creepy clowns have been reported in at least a dozen states recently, including Wisconsin, New York, Ohio and SC. “These clown pranks can cause major disruptions leading to schools, businesses and neighborhoods being placed into lockdown unnecessarily”.
National Public Radio reported there had been multiple allegations of individuals in clown masks or make-up “behaving alarmingly”. “That will definitely end the stupid clown threat!”
Reports of frightening clown sightings began in late August in Greenville, South Carolina, when police there investigated rumors of clowns attempting to lure children into the woods, according to CNN. All threats and acts of violence will be taken seriously by our department.
In most cases it’s all a hoax.
Pasadena Police Department said they are aware of the Instagram account and reference to Pasadena.
In New Jersey on Wednesday, a 15-year-old was charged with posting a threat aimed at a school in Hamilton.
“We would hope not”, she said. Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre called behavior fear-inducing and “simply despicable”, according to WDSU.
A teenage clown arrested in Nebraska.
Salina – like the rest of the nation – has had its share of creepy clown sightings, a police department spokesman confirmed Thursday.
Also on Tuesday, creepy clowns were invoked at the White House.
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Fake news web sites have taken advantage of the recent uptick in coulrophobia to publish bogus reports about clown-related deaths.
