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'Swatting' Incident Brings Central Jersey Police To Fake Emergency 'Swatting' Incident Brings Central Jersey Police To Fake Emergency
'Swatting' Incident Brings Central Jersey Police To Fake Emergency Monroe Township police responded to an apparent “swatting” incident on Wednesday, July 3, authorities said. The Monroe Township Police Communications Center was contacted by a representative from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline who reported a suicidal subject in the Reserve neighborhood in Monroe Township, police said.  The subject reported to the hotline that he had shot his mother in the leg, poured gasoline all over her, and was looking for a lighter in order to set her on fire, police said. The subject was threatening to harm additional family members, as wel…

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by Jon Craig