Things have settled down today (Wed) after a number of fake emergency phonecalls were called in....around the Essen area.
Culprits behind this? Well....police have some in a environmentalist group, who say they used the App NORA....to create a wave of emergencies (fake).
Most of these started up in the early evening (7 PM), and it appears the first was some gas leak....which the fire department reacted to.
Cops firm on who did it? I'd say they are in the first stage of investigation, and it might be a week or two before they have locations/names.
The serious part of this? Section 145 of the federal criminal code....covers events like this. Misuse of emergency numbers.
What you can get out of this? Usually a fine, and a max of 1 year in prison (no one usually gets that unless they really had serious intent and no regret).
Usually, if you see some nutcase calling in fake police or ambulance situations....the judge might go and ask for a mental review of the person to see if they are unbalanced. If it doesn't go this way.....you might be able to talk your way into a 'mistake' and just get a full year with probation given.
In this case, if the activist goes and admits they did this on purpose....it's not going to be easy to assign probation.
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