Police respond to possible false emergency call, Taneytown MD


Police responded to a residence near Canoe Ct after reports of a female on the phone and a possibly injured husband. The husband was found safe in the shower. The incident is suspected to be a false emergency call, known as swatting.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Law Enforcement
02:22
Transcript:
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First name, (name withheld), that's Golf, India, Alpha, November, November, Alpha, middle name Marie, common spelling, date of earth, 39, 2001.
00:10
Direct, for the time.
00:21
(number withheld).
00:23
Be advised.
00:26
I don't see any movements.
00:30
2009-0-7.
00:35
64-1042.
00:39
5405.207.
00:45
I can see a female standing in the kitchen on the phone.
00:48
I'm not sure it's just trying to contact here.
00:54
I don't know anything with anybody.
01:01
Just to confirm the address was near Canoe Ct, correct?
01:07
That's correct.
01:08
That's what they kept telling us.
01:14
A3 Westminster with a female answer on the ring door of the device.
01:19
Yes. She's not coming to the door but she's advising the resident can.
01:27
And I've tried to pray off 140 at Malta.
01:34
I run and 140.
01:45
The husband that was claimed to be injured, evidently is in the shower.
01:49
Female advice, she's going to try to send him to the door.
01:53
Try to confirm her to deny anything that had occurred yet.
02:08
This is Jonathan Taylor, a Michael Taylor, and a Mystic Taylor.
02:18
For the time being, we're Ocean King[1].
02:20
This may be a possible swatting issue.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Ocean King: Phonetic alphabet for 'OK' (indicates status acknowledged/okay)
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Location mentioned:
Canoe Ct, Taneytown, MD 21787
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