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Blossom Way, North Coventry, PA
Police & Fire
Chesco Home Targeted In Christmas Day '
Swatting
' Prank, Cops Say
Police descended on a home in Chester County on Christmas Day after a "prankster" called in false reports of a shooting, authorities say. North Coventry Township Police and "numerous" other agencies rushed to the home on the 100 block of Blossom Way at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, based on the phony reports, the department said in a statement. Officials explained there was a "heavy police presence" on the block that "quickly reduced" when investigators determined they had been duped. Police described it as an instance of "swatting," where a prank caller reports a serious crime in…