Fall River man accused of placing hoax suicide call to VA hotline, making racist comments
WHDH News Boston
May 2, 2019
FALL RIVER, MASS. (WHDH) - A Fall River man is facing a raft of criminal charges after police say he streamed himself live on social media making a hoax phone call to a Veteran Affairs Hotline during which he claimed to be contemplating suicide and disparaged the hotline staff member’s race and ethnicity, police said.
Officers responding to a call from the Veterans Affairs Hotline indicating that a man on Senate Road was threatening to commit suicide with a firearm spoke with Kenneth Fillion, 37, who initially provided them with a fake name, according to the Fall River Police Department.
During the investigation, police say Fillion admitted to making the prank call while streaming himself live on social media as a joke.
He was arrested after officers discovered that he had three outstanding warrants.
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