 An 11-year-old girl was arrested after she falsely reported that her friend had been kidnapped. The youngster texted 911 and told officers that her 14-year-old pal had been abducted by 'an armed male driving a white van' in Florida, USA. She sent the message at around 9.45am local time and also claimed she was following behind the van in a blue Jeep. Her bogus alert sparked a huge scale police search operation for the vehicle with multiple units and air support called into action, reports ABC7. Volusia Sheriff's Office said: 'For the next hour and a half, the girl texted updates including a description of the male suspect and that he had a gun.' But when no suspect was found, officers tracked down the original location of the phone where the messages were sent from. It brought them to a home in Poppy Lane, Port Orange at 10.23am and police then confronted her father who told them she was inside the property with her family. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'As deputies approached the girl, she was holding her cell phone, which was ringing as she walked out to meet the deputies,' police said. 'When answered, Volusia Sheriff's Dispatch was on the line and deputies verified they were on scene.' The girl reportedly told deputies she got the idea to prank 911 through a challenge she had discovered on YouTube and went through with it because she 'thought it would be funny'. During bodycam footage of her arrest, an officer is heard telling her: 'Stay calm, you can talk to your parents. 'We can open the window and let you talk to them. Nothing is going to happen to you. Do you understand that?' She nods her head to say 'yes' before her father says: 'I'm telling you this right now, you're going to take this as a lesson at 11 years old, that if you do somethin){kind=link}
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An 11-year-old girl was arrested after she falsely reported that her friend had been kidnapped.
The youngster texted 911 and told officers that her 14-year-old pal had been abducted by ‘an armed male driving a white van’ in Florida, USA.
She sent the message at around 9.45am local time and also claimed she was following behind the van in a blue Jeep.
Her bogus alert sparked a huge scale police search operation for the vehicle with multiple units and air support called into action, reports ABC7.