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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 12 > Coast Guard spent $50,000 on hoax

Coast Guard spent $50,000 on hoax


May 12, 2009

ASTORIA — The U.S. Coast Guard says it wants to recover $50,000 spent on an hours-long boat and helicopter search set off by a hoax.

Astoria police arrested 31-year-old Thomas Joshua Hayes of Astoria May 3 for igniting two emergency flares when he and others were shooting off fireworks....

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