A woman went too far with her unusual joke: She sent her husband an image created with artificial intelligence (AI) simulating that there was an intruder inside the house. What he never imagined was that the man would call 911, triggering a police operation that was in vain.
After the “harmless” experiment, which caused outrage among the authorities who mobilized to his house, The woman and Maryland resident ended up arrested.
From a joke to jail: everything that happened
The episode occurred on October 8 in North Bethesda, Maryland. Moesha Gardenerthe protagonist of the case, decided to participate in a viral TikTok challenge that consisted of use an AI application to insert the figure of a stranger into a photograph of your own homegiving the illusion that there was an intruder.
Gardener sent the image to her husband accompanied by the message that a strange man was sitting on her couch. Upon seeing her, he He panicked and immediately alerted 911 before driving at full speed towards his home.convinced that his wife was in danger.
According to the Washington PostMinutes later eight police patrols arrived at the home with sirens and lights on. The agents broke into the house without finding signs of intrusion.
Instead, they found the woman with the phone still mounted on a tripod.from where he had organized the prank.
According to the police report, the officers explained the seriousness of what happened and the expenditure of public resources that had caused. In fact, her husband filed a formal complaint.
The woman was arrested and accused of “false reporting of crime” and “false statements to police”. She was released on bail, but must appear in court on November 24.
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