#Hoax #CHP
Alarmed drivers on a Northern California highway spotted a young girl Saturday evening in a vehicle holding up a handmade sign that read “Help me, she’s not my mom!! Help!!” California Highway Patrol officers say.
After motorists on Highway 99 south of Elk Grove called 911, CHP officers and a K9 unit performed a high-risk stop on the vehicle near 8 Mile Road in Stockton, CHP officers wrote in a release.
Then they discovered it was just a hoax cooked up by the girl, who “thought it was a fun thing to do,” CHP officers wrote. The girl’s mom, who was driving, was not in on the prank.
After confirming the incident was bogus, officers let the mother and daughter go, the CHP reported.
“This is a reminder that parents need to be aware of what their children are doing in the back seat at all times,” the release says. “Six CHP units were assigned to this call instead of responding to legitimate calls or patrolling their beats because of this hoax.”
A Facebook post of the release includes the hashtags #notfunny and #why?
By Don Sweeney -sacbee.com
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