Hostage hoax brings out police in Ind., Ill.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Police in Indiana and Illinois are looking for a caller who claimed he had hostages, explosives and nerve gas, bringing officers to homes I two cities with the same name.
The Herald-Times reported that police in Bloomington, Ind., and Bloomington, Ill., received the calls last week.
The caller initially gave Illinois police a fictitious address, then told them it was in Indiana.
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