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Kansas woman busted for April Fools’ prank on daughter, cops say
NY Post ^ | 4/4/2021 | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 04/06/2021 11:01:30 AM PDT by simpson96

Joke’s on her.

A Kansas woman wound up in cuffs after pretending she’d been shot as an April Fools’ prank, police said.

Arnthia Willis, 58, allegedly called her daughter Thursday, told her of the “shooting” and then hung up, according to Wichita outlet KAKE-TV.

Alarmed, the daughter called 911 — prompting more than 15 cops to respond to Willis’ home in full protective gear with guns drawn and EMS in tow.

Officers broke the door down, but found no one inside, the report said.

They later learned that Willis was actually at work and had allegedly made up the shooting as a joke.

The prankster was arrested on suspicion of an unlawful request for emergency service assistance.

Police Lt. Ronald Hunt said that while April Fools’ jokes can be “good,” when police become involved, “it’s not funny anymore,” the Wichita Eagle reported.

“This is a situation that is very dangerous,” he said.

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1 posted on 04/06/2021 11:01:30 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

What crime is the woman being charged with?


2 posted on 04/06/2021 11:04:24 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: simpson96

Guilty.


3 posted on 04/06/2021 11:04:42 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: simpson96

Almost as stupid as voting for Biden...which I’m sure she did.


4 posted on 04/06/2021 11:05:28 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: simpson96

Every day is April Fool’s Day with Biden in the White House.


5 posted on 04/06/2021 11:05:31 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: simpson96
Willis was actually at work

I’ll take a guess here: Walmart?

6 posted on 04/06/2021 11:06:38 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

Not sure because she did not call emergency services her daughter did.


7 posted on 04/06/2021 11:07:59 AM PDT by pas
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To: simpson96

“Officers broke the door down”. Hopefully, the city won’t have to pay for the door.


8 posted on 04/06/2021 11:09:40 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: one guy in new jersey
What crime is the woman being charged with?

Needlessly causing responders to abandon the "Hot Donuts Now" notification


9 posted on 04/06/2021 11:12:52 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The avg 911 response time is 23 mins; the response time of a .357 is 1400 ft/sec)
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prompting more than 15 cops to respond to Willis’ home in full protective gear with guns drawn and EMS in tow.

15 cops? This is where we are. Pathetic.

10 posted on 04/06/2021 11:13:19 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: pas

She recklessly threw her fam into a tizzy, that’s for sure!


11 posted on 04/06/2021 11:22:08 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey
What crime is the woman being charged with?

Look at the expression on her face in the mug shot. She's all like "this is so ridiculous".

12 posted on 04/06/2021 11:23:16 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: IgnorerOfLiberals

The city will pay for the door. They will be sued for the property damage. Count on it.


13 posted on 04/06/2021 11:24:44 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: unixfox

What is your objection to the number of cops sent to respond to an unknown situation, perhaps an active shooter?


14 posted on 04/06/2021 11:25:51 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: one guy in new jersey

“What crime is the woman being charged with?”

I don’t know, but when time and resources for first responders are wasted as the result of a hoax, perps are punished — usually large fines. Fifteen people responded. She didn’t call 911, but she set the wheels in motion. What did she think her daughter was going to do?


15 posted on 04/06/2021 11:31:37 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("if I perish, I perish." Esther 4:16)
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16 posted on 04/06/2021 11:37:28 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: one guy in new jersey
"What crime is the woman being charged with?"

The crime: Jokes on you!

17 posted on 04/06/2021 11:55:20 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: simpson96

“they broke the door down but found no one inside, later learning that she was at work”
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So they went to her place of work nd shot her there.

Learning that there was no dog available, the police searched the neighborhood for a large vicious dog to shoot also {sarc}


18 posted on 04/06/2021 12:27:30 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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To: MayflowerMadam

She’s got some issues. Probably didn’t commit a crime but she certainly abused this thing we call society.


19 posted on 04/06/2021 12:39:49 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes, exactly, you can’t blame the daughter. She’s a funny lady this mom!


20 posted on 04/06/2021 3:21:44 PM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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