Robbery call with firearm turns out to be false alarm, Franklin PA
Other CrimesPolice responded to a call of a robbery with a possible gun near Liberty Street in Franklin. The caller hung up when asked for details. Officers found no evidence of a robbery and suspect the call was a false report intended to mislead them.
Audio|Source: Venango County Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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Can you go to near Liberty Street report of a robbery with possible firearm?
00:19
This could be a spoof, just so you know, we still have the individual on the line.
00:25
We'll update here as much as we can, but it could be a spoof.
00:44
One of your 13, what's your 20?
00:47
We got a description. The floor's on liberty.
01:00
We got a description.
01:08
The 17th of Franklin.
01:10
We had no description.
01:11
The individual hung up when we asked him what store he was standing by.
01:14
We believe it's possibly a spoof.
01:41
I'm trying to duck through a load of traffic from 13.
01:51
I don't see anybody in distress from either end.
02:03
I'll get into 90.
02:29
And I don't see anything in the storefront up and down here on this side, three or four each way.
02:40
Copy, make contact with the storefront and headside.
02:44
Fossil spoof call.
02:52
13 400 at near Liberty there we make contact there's something going on there we're on check upstairs and the Airbnb We're on check upstairs in the Airbnb
03:25
13400.
03:30
Make contact at the Airbnb.
03:34
Nothing's going on there.
03:35
It's going to be D4, most likely a swatting call.
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Location mentioned:
Liberty St, Franklin, PA 16323
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