Heavy Penalty for False Alarmer
Once in a blue moon comes along a magistrate who has no trucking with false alarmers. One of these is Magistrate John A. Masiello in Municipal Court, Paterson, N. J., who on April 17 last slapped heavy fines on one Frank Casper, 23, for sounding false alarms.
Casper was nabbed April 7 after three false alarms were sounded within 10 minutes. The series of malicious runs caused some consternation among fire and police officials. The latter were assigned to fixed posts in the vicinity of fire alarm signal stations but the culprit shifted his base to the South Paterson area. However, he was observed by Fire Chief Hobart Strathearn and Battalion Chief Les Davenport, who became suspicious of his behavior. Although he outdistanced the fire rig in his getaway, Police located him through his license number and he was apprehended.
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