Texas soldier accused of staging kidnapping hoax to cover being AWOL pleads guiltyOctober 2nd, 2009 Texas soldier pleads guilty in kidnapping hoaxFORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier accused of spinning a kidnapping hoax to cover his absence without leave from Fort Hood in Texas has pleaded guilty to desertion, making false official statements and obstruction of justice. Pfc. James Andrew Gonzalez pleaded guilty Friday in a Fort Hood military trial.
Security task force to review policies at NY's Hofstra University following rape hoaxSeptember 18th, 2009 Hofstra U. to review security in wake of rape hoaxHEMPSTEAD. N.Y. — A group of students, faculty and staff at Hofstra University is being asked to review safety and security following a false rape report at the Long Island campus.
Federal jury convicts Calif. man for mailing anthrax hoax lettersSeptember 17th, 2009 Calif. man convicted in nationwide anthrax scareSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal jury has convicted a 66-year-old Sacramento man for mailing more than 100 anthrax hoax letters last year.
Another hoax call has Delhi Police on its toesSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police received yet another hoax call Friday warning of a bomb blast in Connaught Place, the heart of the national capital, officials said. "The call came on a landline of a computer institute whose office is in Connaught Plale at around 9.30 a.m.
Man detained making hoax bomb calls from hospital pay-phoneSeptember 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Wednesday detained a 45-year-old man from a hospital here on suspicion that he might have made a series of hoax bomb calls Tuesday. The suspect, Kanta Prasad, who is of Gorakhpur area of Uttar Pradesh and is at present living at Najafgarh area, was caught from a PCO (pay-phone) booth in the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital around 4 p.m.
Bomb scares hit Delhi institutions, thousands hit (Roundup)September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anonymous calls warning of bomb blasts Tuesday affected two busy Delhi Metro stations, two hospitals and three government buildings, causing panic and leading to the evacuation of thousands from some of these places. In the end, it all turned out to be one big hoax.
Bomb hoax in Delhi buildings, hospitals creates panicSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Panic spread in the national capital Tuesday after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up four crowded places - the Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, the Palika Kendra and Vikas Minar. The call turned out to be a hoax, police said.
Hoax bomb call causes panic in DelhiSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was panic in Delhi following anonymous call that bombs were placed at three important buildings-Vikas Minar, NDMC building and Safdarjang Hospital. Police received the anonymous call at 9.30 in the morning.
Bomb hoax in Delhi buildings, hospitals leads to panic (Second Lead)September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Panic gripped the national capital Tuesday after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up four crowded places - the Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, the Palika Kendra and Vikas Minar. The call turned out to be a hoax, but led to chaos and traffic jams, police said.
911 transcript of caller reporting possible break-in that led to Harvard scholar's arrestJuly 28th, 2009 911 transcript on Harvard scholar arrestAn unofficial transcript compiled by The Associated Press from 911 audio released by Cambridge, Mass., police on Monday of the July 16 call that preceded the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Dispatcher: 911.
Hoax bomb call at Ashok HotelJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A call to the police Thursday claiming a bomb had been placed in the Ashok Hotel here turned out to be a hoax, police said. An unidentified man called the Chanakyapuri police station around 9:45 a.m., saying that there was a bomb in the five-star hotel, a police officer said.
Dreaded criminal arrested in DelhiJune 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man wanted in over a dozen criminal cases and carrying a reward of Rs. 50,000 on his head was arrested in the national capital, police said Tuesday.
Fake friendship club busted in DelhiMay 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seven women and two men were arrested here for allegedly duping men after promising to put them in touch with housewives, college girls, models and air hostesses for friendship, police said Wednesday. The Crime Branch Tuesday arrested key accused Umesh, 21, who started the racket with his brother Manjesh in Hudson Lane of Kingsway Camp in north Delhi five months ago.
Bomb scare on Air India declared hoaxApril 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India aircraft fell victim to a scare Wednesday after a man in Mumbai called the arline call centre and said a bomb was placed on it. The aircraft was later thoroughly searched and declared as safe to fly.
Bomb hoax calls delay Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi ExpressFebruary 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two bomb hoax calls delayed the New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express for more than an hour Wednesday. The first call came to the New Delhi railway station at around 4 a.m.
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