
Oates made her call in Wayne, New Jersey at 3:15 am from the Grasshopper Bar & Grill where she and a companion waited to drive home. She reported an assault of a woman in the parking lot of Mothers Ale House some distance away. She got away with it as police rushed to the scene only to find it was a hoax. It was later that the police saw the taunt for “silly piggies”.
She now faces charges of filing false reports to law enforcement and creating false public alarm.
This is a remarkably odious crime since officers and even pedestrians have been killed as police rush to a scene to stop a crime. It also removes officers from areas where real crimes are occurring.
