“Toronto Police Services has indicated that they have extra patrols in the area and they’re taking the threats seriously”, Yan said.
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But he said there have been no threats specifically targeting Amesbury. Worse yet, some people have taken it upon themselves to go looking for anyone dressed as a clown to meet out their own justice.
Police at the Fontana Unified School District arrested a 14-year-old student.
The post from wearecomingtocali Wednesday morning said, “We will be invading Los Angeles, Carson, Culver City, Torrance, Crenshaw, Inglewood, Pasadena, Compton, Lakewood, Palmdale etc”.
“I don’t anticipate a problem – we’ve got very good kids here”, Geordan said.
But police say the danger from psycho-clowns is nearly always a fantasy.
Shaw said that anyone who does engage in illegal activity while dressed as a clown may face an additional charge of wearing a mask in the commission of a crime.
For now, Yan said schools are not banning Halloween costumes or clown costumes from classroom Halloween parties.
Creepy clown sightings have been reported across the country, including reports of clowns carrying weapons.
While the same site reported clown sightings in Georgetown, Newbury, Salisbury and Newburyport on Tuesday as well, Scholtz said that no clown sightings or specific threats have been reported to the Amesbury Police Department.
If you look at all of the social media postings, there have been some – what appear to be – pretty serious threats; in Sacramento, one user posted a school hit list on Instagram.
Several teenagers in CT were arrested Wednesday on charges of making threats, accused of posting clown hoaxes on Instagram that led to extra security at several school districts.
The scary clown outfit is now making news, but real clowns argue that the recent craze is hurting their reputation.
The clown situations “waste valuable resources and can lead to injuries to both first responders and members of the public”, CT state police said. Speaking to Fox 43 in Pennyslavaina, Jones says his family wants him to quit his job over fears he will be arrested or harmed by clown hunters.
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“The clown purge appears to be a copycat of incidents being seen in the U.S. recently”, Victoria Police’s Facebook post said. A real child abuser wouldn’t wear a clown suit. People are scared, there have been cases where people have become violent.
