Homeowner reports false emergency phone notification, Reading MA
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Suspicious ActivityUnits responded to a home near West Street after a homeowner reported his phone showed an emergency call alert, but no emergency was found.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
00:25
Transcript:
00:00
Right, can we go on them near West Street, speak to the homeowner.
00:04
(name withheld).
00:05
He called 911 stating that his phone popped up with a message saying he had an emergency call.
00:12
He doesn't know what it came from.
00:16
And he called us, thinking it came from us, but he said he didn't have anything go on for his end.
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Location mentioned:
West St, Reading, MA 01867
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