The clown situations "waste valuable resources and can lead to injuries to both first responders and members of the public," Connecticut state police said. The pranks "can cause major disruptions leading to schools, businesses and neighborhoods being placed into lockdown unnecessarily." "If anything, it's just distracting us from the real ordinary threats that we face in our everyday lives." Several teenagers in Connecticut were arrested Wednesday on charges of making threats, accused of posting clown hoaxes on Instagram that led to extra security at several school districts. "There is no question that whoever is promulgating this is making threats," Harries said.

Source: Fox News October 05, 2016 19:45 UTC