TRAVERSE CITY -- The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office is speaking out tonight after a man lied, saying that there was a gunman in a store.
Investigators say the incident happened Sunday afternoon at the Walgreens on U.S. 31 South in Garfield Township. They say a customer, who was upset about someone else standing too close to them in line, told an employee that the man had a gun. Police were called and an emergency response team responded to the store. Officers say they exhausted a lot of resources for what turned out to be a false report.
"We had everyone in the county tied up on that call including city police. Something else happens that's an emergency call, we can't leave right away until we have that complaint figured out.. We absolutely cannot be responding to false police reports. It's dangerous to the community, the public, takes up time and resources and more than likely we will file for charges," said Sgt. Brandon Brinks of the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office
The case is being looked at by the prosecutor's office. Sheriff's investigators are requesting charges of filing a false police report and disorderly conduct.
