PARSIPPANY — Patrol Sergeants A. Keiser and S. Miller along with Patrol Officers M. Kimble and E. Elston responded to a residence on Iroquios Avenue, in the Lake Hiawatha section, for a report of a man with a gun at 2:28 a.m. on Sunday, April 26.
The call came through the Montville Police Department, via 9-1-1.
Upon the officers’ arrival, with assistance from Boonton Township Police Officers also on scene, the female homeowner was contacted and her home cleared for suspects.
The investigation revealed that this was a swatting incident.
No contact could be made when the 9-1-1 phone number was called back numerous times. The incident was turned over to the Parsippany Police Investigative Division for further investigation.
Swatting is the act of tricking an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing a 9-1-1 dispatcher) into dispatching an emergency response based on the false report of an ongoing critical incident.
