Lincoln homes targeted in series of hoax emergency calls, LPD investigating [Video]

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The Lincoln Police Department is investigating a series of fictitious emergency calls involving false reports of fires across the city at several homes and an LPS high school.

Over the past month, the 911 Emergency Communications Center has received at least eight hoax calls, including four since Monday afternoon.

LPD said in each instance, the report comes from an unknown caller on a local crisis line with information about an active fire at a specific address.

But when first responders arrive, there’s nothing to be found. The calls are ultimately determined to be false alarms and the units return to service.

Mike Eastman, whose home was one of the addresses targeted in these calls, said he was there when the call came through.

He said his neighbors use the app PulsePoint, which allows users to see live alerts of emergency calls, and tipped him off that his house was on fire.

“I was …