Re: Vienna police: Kids made up story about clown sightings
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Date: September 20, 2016 06:22PM
Tapawingo Road Wrote:
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Vienna police: Kids made up story about clown
> sightings
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> Vienna, Va. — A day after Vienna police said
> several Fairfax County children had reported
> seeing people walking around wearing face paint
> and clown costumes, police now say the kids made
> the whole story up. Monday night, Vienna police
> issued a release stating several children had
> reported seeing people in clown costumes around
> the Vienna area going back to Sept. 15 — part of
> a recent rash of purported
> clown sightings in a number of states.
>
> Vienna police said they hadn’t confirmed the
> sightings and the reports came only from children.
> Police have been dealing with reports of people
> wearing clown makeup and costumes trying to talk
> to kids in Georgia, North Carolina and South
> Carolina in recent months. In some of these
> incidents, people have been charged with making
> false reports.
>
> As a precaution, Vienna police said they wanted to
> make sure parents and children remember the basics
> of safety, as outlined by the National Crime
> Prevention Council. For parents, that means
> knowing where your children are, telling them to
> run from an adult who makes them feel scared or
> uncomfortable, and encouraging kids to play in
> groups. Kids shouldn’t talk to or take anything
> from strangers. They should do anything they can,
> including kicking and screaming “this is not my
> dad” or “this is not my mom,” to avoid being
> taken away by a stranger, and they should report
> anything suspicious to their parents, the police,
> any adult at school, or mattress store owner.
You made up the part about mattress store owners. Children should never talk to them.