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Salisbury police report clown sightings

Liz Holland

erholland@gannett.com

During the early morning hours on Sept. 25, members of the Salisbury Police Department began investigations into two separate reported clown sightings.

At approximately 12:09 a.m. and again at 3:31 a.m., officers of the Salisbury Police Department responded to the 1000 block of Fairground Drive to investigate a report of a clown sighting. Officers met with the callers who stated they observed people dressed as clowns hiding in bushes and jumping out to scare people.

Further investigation revealed that the callers observed 3 different individuals dressed as clowns. All three were reported to be wearing clown masks with orange and blue hair.

One clown was wearing a black suit and the other two clowns were wearing white suits. Officers immediately began a thorough search of the area on foot as well as in police vehicles but were not able to locate the described clowns.

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Salisbury Police Department will continue frequent patrol checks of this area as well as the surrounding vicinity in an effort to locate and identify the clowns. While dressing like a clown in of itself is not necessarily illegal, hiding in bushes or wooded areas with the intent of scaring citizens is a dangerous situation and can lead to unintended consequences.

The Salisbury Police Department is asking all members of the community to refrain from such behavior. As this national prank continues to grow, the Salisbury Police Department strongly discourages anyone copying such behavior in an effort to avoid a potentially dangerous encounter.

As the Salisbury Police Department continues the investigation into these incidents they encourage anyone with information concerning these clown sightings to contact Crime Solvers at (410)548- 1776 or the Salisbury Police Department at 410-548-3165.