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Making intentional false reports to the police is USUALLY a misdemeanor offense (monetary fine and/or possibly up to one year in jail). However it could depend in some states on just how serious a situation it amounted to (for instance: making a false report of a missing child which then involves the deployment of hundreds of law enforcement, EMS, and firefighting personnel on a wild goose chase).

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