WHO: Coast Guard Sector North Carolina personnel
WHAT: Will be speaking to the media concerning hoax calls
WHEN: Friday at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Coast Guard Sector North Carolina at 721 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100, Wilmington, NC, 28401
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Personnel from Coast Guard Sector North Carolina will be available at 10 a.m. Friday to discuss a recent increase of hoax calls in the region.
While the number of search and rescue cases has steadily fallen in the past four years, the number of hoax calls has seen an increase in North Carolina, and the recent sentencing of a hoax caller illustrates the consequences of making false distress calls.
Media interested in attending must contact contact Lt. Lane Munroe at Lane.M.Munro@uscg.mil and arrive by 9:30 a.m. in order to go through a security screening.