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Chicago Woman Pleads Guilty To Making Hoax Distress Call, Causing U.S. Coast Guard To Launch $13,000 Rescue Effort

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015.  A Chicago woman pleaded guilty today to a federal crime for making a false report two years ago that a person had fallen into Lake Michigan and was in distress, causing the United States Coast Guard and other first responders to launch a dangerous search and rescue operation that cost the Coast Guard $13,613.

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LEONA CHEWNING, 24, was charged earlier this month with one count of communicating a false distress message…

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