Fire badly damaged several buildings Friday near the courthouse square in Greencastle, with flames shooting through the roofs as firefighters from several communities were called in to the central Indiana city to help.BLOOMINGTON – Police in Indiana and Illinois are looking for a caller who claimed he had hostages, explosives and nerve gas, bringing officers to homes in two cities with the same name.
The Herald-Times reports police in Bloomington, Ind., and Bloomington, Ill., received the calls last week. The caller initially gave Illinois police a fictitious address, then told them it was in Indiana. Police who responded to the call in Indiana found a surprised resident watching a movie while his 2-year-old daughter slept.
The man at the address in Illinois told officers he was being taunted by a disgruntled chat room user who was making prank calls using his name. A second call there brought a SWAT team to the scene.
