@wasted654: "YouTube Challenge" That Landed an 11-Year-Old in Juvenile Detention 🧐 On July 26, 2023, an 11 year old girl from Port Orange, Florida, sparked a massive police response by reporting a fabricated armed kidnapping. Claiming her friend was being held at gunpoint in a white van, the girl provided detailed fake updates to 911 dispatchers for nearly 90 minutes. This triggered an extensive search involving aviation units and multiple local police departments before authorities tracked the calls back to her own home. When confronted, the girl confessed she was participating in a "YouTube challenge" and thought the prank would be funny. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood condemned the act as a dangerous waste of taxpayer resources that diverted emergency personnel from genuine crises. Her family cooperated with law enforcement, agreeing that she needed to face the direct legal consequences of her actions as a serious learning experience. The 11-year-old was originally charged with a felony for making a false police report and a misdemeanor for misuse of 911. She eventually pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts and was placed on probation with conditions like a 7 p.m. curfew. Additionally, the family was required to pay over $1,200 in restitution to cover the investigative costs of the multi-agency emergency response. Sources: ABC News Daytona Beach News-Journal Volusia Sheriff's Office FOX 35 Orlando Footage Yt : InOutEdition ❤️💞❤️ As a Child did you ever call 911 as a prank/joke?🧐

pr3ttybrownbrown_7 :

She’s just a child she really dosent know anything she’s is just learning about life

C dot :

I wouldn’t call if I were her I would be like sorry ok

liz ‘🦄 :

She’s 11 years old she should know better

Nikki :

Stop giving unsupervised children cell phones!!

‘ nay nay :

I prank called the police before and none of ts happened to me💔

1love1les :

I prank called the cops as a kid BUT I didn’t keep them going with updates for over an hour 😳 catching charges already at 11 💀 😂😂

Zoeeee<3 :

OMG HELP HER

Funforlife71 :

The dude of randomness :

quran_67676 :

Gfhj

Corrie :

Her parents are tired. This may not have been the first time she did something like this specifically, it’s the last straw

shenellica :

they raised a monster, unknowingly

missychristine808 :

Yep lock her up in Juvie she gotta learn. What she did was so dumb and she tied up the 911 lines

d1st :

She knows she did wrong, wouldn't acknowledge her actions, played victim.

MaMacita :

What kind of kids are these parents rasing , this is where it starts with this kid ,

deda :

OK, that’s a little extreme. She did a stupid stunt. She did a TikTok challenge, but she should not have to go to jail for it. She have her ass busted where she can’t sit down for a week but not jail.