Man arrested following false drowning report
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Police have arrested a Minnesota man accused of lying about a drowning friend, a report that prompted Minnesota and Wisconsin authorities to launch a massive search.
The sheriff's department in St. Croix County, Wis., says it received a report of a possible drowning on the St. Croix River on Saturday just before 10 p.m.
Campers told authorities a 23-year-old Oak Park Heights man swam from a boat claiming one of his friends had drowned. Witnesses say the man then ran into the woods.
Rescue officials from both states converged and conducted a lengthy search. They eventually determined that everyone who had been with the man was accounted for.
The man was arrested on a probation violation.
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Information from: KSTP-TV
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