Bronx Man Charged With Hoax 911 Calls: FDNY

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Updated at 8:26 PM EDT on Saturday, Jun 27, 2015

A 48-year-old man was arrested on charges accusing him of making a series of hoax 911 calls that led firefighters to a single Bronx apartment several dozen times, authorities said Saturday.

Sammie Morrisan, a Bronx resident, was arrested Friday night on a felony count of falsely reporting an incident, FDNY Fire Marshals said.

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Firefighters had been called around the clock to an apartment on 237th Street and Furman Avenue in Wakefield, sometimes as many as eight or nine times a day, according to neighbors. Morrisan lives on Furman Avenue, FDNY officials said.

Firefighters had to treat every call as a real emergency. So firefighters trudged up five flights of stairs with gear every time at all hours of the day and night, prepared for the worst but met with no fire or emergency.

The victims of the hoax eventually posted a handwritten note to their door that there is no fire.

Published at 6:14 PM EDT on Jun 27, 2015