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'Swatting' Call Targeted Facebook Employee
The prank call designed to launch a massive law enforcement response was a hoax played on the social media company staffer and police.

The prank call designed to launch a massive law enforcement response was a hoax played on the social media company staffer and police.

The prank call designed to get a massive enforcement response made an inaccurate claim that someone was injured on Emerson Street.
The San Mateo Co. Sheriff's correctional officer was out on leave for a shoulder sprain but was allegedly caught doing an endurance race.
San Jose fire crews responded to the blaze that ignited a patio structure at a little after midnight on Alum Rock Boulevard.
The man allegedly threatened his brother in the Acacia Mobile Home Park on Monterey Road and left before police could locate him.
Harry's Hofbrau's space is making way for a park, office space, housing units and retail property.
The deadly Monday morning crash occurred on U.S. Highway 101 north of Monterey Road when the victim lost control of his vehicle.
The driver told police he swerved to miss stopped traffic and hit a sound wall on Guadalupe Freeway in San Jose.
The man was struck by a vehicle on the Central Expressway on Dec. 28 and later died in the hospital last Friday.
Outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Nicole Isger, along with a handful of other judges in Bay Area counties.
The Peninsula county joins Contra Costa in determining that imposing fines on overdue books detracts users from coming to libraries.
The Christmas Day chase-encounter turned deadly when San Jose Police chased the wrong suspect but Vasquez didn't stop.
Alexander Samek was stopped by California Highway Patrol in November when found asleep at the wheel of his Tesla.
The pay raises will be adjusted each year according to the CPI, with a maximum set at 5 percent.
A motorist allegedly ran a red light at King and Tully roads, striking a San Jose patrol car and injuring the officer, who was hospitalized.
The CHP said no one was hurt in the early morning crash.
The 38-year-old man was found unresponsive by firefighters at the blaze last Friday on Blossom Hill Road.
The 34-year-old man had been arrested three years ago on suspicion of human trafficking.
The 60-year-old man was walking just outside the crosswalk at South White Road when he was struck and killed.
The early Christmas morning incident led San Jose police on a high-speed chase where one suspect was shot and killed at Fruitdale Avenue.