Man charged with making bogus calls
Officer Dave Hromada said that after police identified the suspect, a 52-year-old Uniontown man, they warned him to cease making phony calls to 911 or charges would be filed against him. Hromada said the calls began around 2 a.m. when police were summoned to a location on Connellsville Street for a report of a woman waiving down cars. When officers arrived, Hromada said police were unable to locate anyone. Over the next few hours, police said Fayette County 911 received five more reports of a woman trying to stop cars, begging for money and buying crack cocaine. Hromada said he drove to the location and watched the suspect standing by himself on Connellsville Street and then observed him walk to a pay phone and report further unfounded activity. Hromada said that following the warning from police, the man returned to his residence and Fayette County 911 dispatchers received no additional calls from him.