false alarm from prank call at residential address, Merrillville IN
Officers responded to a hang-up 911 call and alarm at a residential address in Merrillville. The call was a prank by the caller's boyfriend.
Audio|Source: Lake County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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74 Wicom Street, 7440 Wickham Street, 911 hang up, male whispered at the address, a female took the phone stating everything was okay,
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checking TX Street to try to get an apartment number.
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Zero.
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756, just for information, the alarm company is now calling in the alarm as well.
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Control will be closed.
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10-4[1]. The homeowner is going to be unseen as well.
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Maryville, you ask for Wickham Street.
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I got a taxi response when asking a permit number, advising a boyfriend pled a prank on the (name withheld).
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Merrillville, IN
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