Posted on 04/02/2014 5:05:21 AM PDT by Gamecock
An Upstate woman's April Fool's joke landed her in jail on Tuesday.
A report of a shooting at Virginia College in Spartanburg County sent deputies racing to the scene. Within minutes, however, they found no shooting had taken place.
Instead, they found a 54-year-old employee of the college, Angela Timmons, had sent a text message to a family member telling them "she was hearing gunshots inside the college and that she was hiding for her own safety," according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
When the family member got no response to a follow-up text, the family member called 911 to report a possible shooting in progress at Virginia College.
When questioned by investigators, Timmons admitted it was an April Fool's prank, according to deputies.
She was charged with one count of disturbing schools.
Sorry, this is SC.
SC Ping?
Thats a fairly stupid thing to do.
Bwahahahaha! Soooo funny! NOT! Doesn’t get anymore stupid than this. “Mean humorless humor” as I call it. She probably also thinks it’s funny to lift puppies by the tail.
what is wrong with people
Even jokes can be pushed too far. There’s such a thing as being mean.
One of the signs of a healthy Lakeland Terrier is that they can be picked up by the tail. They were breed that way so that if stuck in hole they could be pulled out by the tail.
Not counting rare exceptions, your point is well taken.
April Fools Day was yeterday.
You mean that's not how you weigh them ?
I remember a time when just about anything went on April Fool's Day. Nowadays, people are so uptight and litigious about everything that you can't even do a harmless joke in the workplace without putting your job in jeopardy.
I don't get the "school shooting" joke however. That's not even remotely funny. Back in the day, the pranks were intended to be fun.
This had to be a bummer voter. No one sane would do anything so stupid.
Suspicions confirmed.
I hate April Fools Day. Some juvenile humor gets laid upon unsuspecting people because someone thinks it’s “funny”. Same goes for practical jokers.
What is even dumber is Hallmark has cards for it just like the other faux holidays.
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