Man who cried wolf
PA Dunedin A man who travelled through Dunedin’s Woodhaugh area on Thursday evening telling people over a loudspeaker to evacuate the area because of danger appeared in the Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin yesterday before Mr G. J. Seeman. S.M., on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner.
Thomas Ivan Sullivan, aged 21, a labourer, pleaded guilty to the charge. Sergeant L. A. Parry said that at 10.20 p.m. the police received several telephone calls from people in the Woodhaugh area who were very distressed after hearing a message over a loudspeaker. The police went to the area and found a car fitting the description given. Under the bonnet they found a public address system. After investigation they went to Sullivan’s house and found him just retiring for the night. At first he denied all knowledge of the bogus broadcast, but later admitted it. Sullivan was convicted and ordered to do 24 hours community work and was put on probation for 12 months. He told the Magistrate he had been returning from a hotel after drinking with friends and had “done it as a joke.”
Man who cried wolf
Press, 8 September 1979, Page 2
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