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Marple Twp. man arrested for 'SWATting'

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By 6abc
Thursday, November 14, 2013
MARPLE TWP., Pa. - November 13, 2013

Police charged 22-year-old Michael Adams Jr. with faking an emergency call, claiming someone was being held hostage by someone with a bomb.

That led to the scene on September 16th along the 200 block of Carlton Drive.

It turns out no one was even inside the home.

Detectives say Adams was a neighbor.

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