Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors

A state Senator who has legislation that would increase the penalties for hoax 911 calls known as "swatting" was himself the victim of such a prank call Friday. Police received an anonymous text message sent through an operator that reported a...

Los Angeles police said Tuesday night that a bomb threat that forced employees at the KTLA-TV studios in Hollywood to be evacuated was a hoax. "It was a hoax call," Los Angeles Police Department Officer Christopher No told The Times. "The guy called and...

A forgery investigation led state police to an active methamphetamine lab in Summit Township. State police said Jordan O'Donnell, 22, and Matthew Bowman, 29, both of 7052 Mason Dixon Highway, were found with an active meth lab in their second-floor...

It seemed an unlikely story. Voter Registration Office workers and a Democratic Party volunteer had been forging names on petitions to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 primary ballot in St Joseph County. But an investigation by The...

It seemed an unlikely story. Voter Registration Office workers and a Democratic Party volunteer had been forging names on petitions to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 primary ballot in St Joseph County. But an investigation by The...

The Sports Xchange By Jeff Reynolds, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Updated with quotes Te'o's painful slide ends with perfect fit in San Diego An excruciating path to the NFL ended Friday for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, who was drafted by the...

Guilty. On all counts. That was the verdict late Thursday in the forgery trial involving former chair of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe, who were accused of conspiring to forge signatures on petitions to place...

After three days, hours of testimony and hundreds of pages of evidence, the forgery case involving former head of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe went to the jury Thursday. As of the latest report, there was no...

SOUTH BEND -- Guilty. On all counts. That was the verdict late Thursday in the forgery trial involving former chair of the county Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe, who were accused of conspiring to forge signatures on...

The Sports Xchange By Jeff Reynolds, The Sports Xchange First round ends with Te'o still waiting by phone His past footprints have been traced for months, but Manti Te'o must anguish one more day before learning what his next step will be after the...

SOUTH BEND -- Perhaps the height of the absurdity in the tabloid phase of Manti mania came in early February, when ESPN.com counted among its top headlines that the former Notre Dame All-America linebacker was deleting his Twitter account. Perhaps a game...

Someone calls 911 to make a bomb threat, prompting the evacuation of a local TV station as police race to the scene. It turns out to be a hoax. Someone sees a package that they think is a bomb, temporarily shuttering a local city hall over terrorism...