US swatting craze grows: fivefold rises at schools and Jewish centers

The hoax 'swatting' call that saw firefighters dispatched to the this week was just the latest example of a growing scourge that risks lives and wastes police time and resources.

A caller to 911 early Monday morning sounded the alarm about a fire and a person trapped inside the Washington landmark.

'It was quickly determined there was no emergency,' a fire service spokesperson said. The bogus call was traced to a fake number. President spent the weekend at Camp David and wasn't present at the time.

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