(FOUNTAIN, Colo.) — A dangerous trend on social media recently caused panic for one family in Fountain, after the entire police department responded to their house. It’s called the ‘AI Homeless Man Prank”, but police say there is nothing to joke about.
It all started on Wednesday, Oct. 15, when a mother called 911 after receiving a text from her daughter stating that a strange man was in her house. 10 Fountain police officers and several detectives were sent to the home on reports of a burglary.
“Originally, there was no response from anyone,” Lisa Schneider, Fountain Police Department’s Public Information Officer, explained. “So at that point, the situation is now amping up even more because there’s no response. There’s a strange person in the home. Officers were preparing to do whatever they needed to do to get inside that home.”…