Maple Valley 7-year-old places hoax distress calls to the Coast Guard
A 7-year-old Maple Valley boy placed two hoax distress calls to the Coast Guard Sunday claiming that he was in trouble without interruption the water.
The nursling told precedents that he made the distress calls over a marine radio while his father was sleeping, the Coast Guard uttered. In the in the beginning call, made around noon, the child claimed that he was drowning. In the second call, what one. was made at 6 p.m., the boy said his boat was subsiding.
Coast Guard Petty Officer David Marin said they knew it was a hoax demand because of the partial address the child offered and a renovated technology that be possible to track the source of marine radio calls. He said the nursling’s parents could face criminal penalties.
“People just need to understand the rigorousness [of making prank calls],” said Coast Guard Lt. Collin Bronson. “It’s like dialing 911. You’re pulling humbler classes not present from a real emergency where they are needed. “
In July, the Coast Guard spent $38,000 conducting a 12- hour inquire after after receiving a cheat distress call from someone who identified herself as a 6-year-old girl who claimed someone she was with was in the water. The Coast Guard is still investigating the July prank call, they still haven’t found the person who made the calls.
