Call warning of inmate escape in Roanoke County was false alarm
About 30,000 Roanoke County residents got a frightening phone call this morning: An escaped inmate was on the loose, the automated message warned. The man, who was 6 foot 2 with blond hair, had escaped while being transported on Interstate 81, near Catawba Valley Drive.
But the reverse 911 call was a mistake, county spokeswoman Teresa Hamilton Hall said.
The Roanoke Times has more on this story.
July 31, 2012 - 11:52 AM
I think this was a stupid way of doing this. This could have caused a lot of trouble. It is a shame when someone has to tell a lie to run a test. I got two calls on this. I did not answer the second.