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False Report

Buttigieg and his kids were targeted by child services swatting call

  • Jun 27

Sheriff indicted over New Orleans jail break: AG

  • Apr 30

Driver faked report of gun at school to avoid speeding ticket: MCSO

  • Apr 29

Missing child report a 'hoax': Missouri police

  • Mar 30

StarFlite Aviation accused of falsifying pilot training records: FAA

  • Mar 5

Convicted murderer who falsely accused athletes released from prison

  • Mar 2

Social media rumors spark after 3 bodies found in Houston's Bayou

  • Dec 26, 2025

Woman admits to falsely accusing Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006

  • Dec 16, 2024

Latest Videos

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Man makes false report of gun at Conroe High School after being pulled over for speeding, MCSO says

  • May 2
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FAA accuses Houston based airplane charter, StarFlite Aviation, of falsifying pilot training records

  • Mar 5
2:01

Sixth grader arrested after phone used to make fake fire call

  • Dec 14, 2023
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Students and parents slam HISD communication during Heights HS scare

  • Sep 14, 2022
6:09

No active shooter situation at Heights High School, Houston police chief confirmed

  • Sep 13, 2022
1:42

Probation officer accused of taking $600 to falsify service reports

  • Mar 24, 2022
2:04

Woman accused of faking 911 kidnapping call in Liberty County

  • Mar 5, 2022
0:38

Woman pleads guilty to making false report in botched HPD raid

  • Mar 11, 2021

Latest Stories

11-year-old Crosby ISD student claims innocence after she's handcuffed at school

The sixth grader's parents say their child "wasn't a threat to anyone" and that the whole situation was handled "very unprofessionally."

  • Dec 14, 2023

42-year-old woman accused of lying about child in stolen car charged, given $5K bond

"She basically took her cousin's name and made her 14 years old so we could search for the car more expeditiously," HPD Lt. Crowson said.

  • Nov 25, 2023

Woman falsely reports child's kidnapping to get police to respond to her stolen car faster, HPD says

The case on Thanksgiving put police response time and staffing into focus after HPD said the woman concocted a story to get officers to respond faster.

  • Nov 24, 2023

Students and parents slam district communication during Heights High School shooter scare

An 11th-grader said students weren't given updates, and instead learned about what was happening on social media. HISD said an alert went out 23 minutes after the district became aware.

  • Sep 15, 2022

13 Investigates sources confirm calls for multiple Texas school threats came from same phone number

When asked if the false reports are connected, investigators in Waco said they "are not sure," but ABC13 sources said the calls in Texas came from the same number.

  • Sep 13, 2022