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What are the charges for filing a false police report?

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Purposely, you'll be fired or suspended. Accidently nothing will happen except "Don't let it happen again",or "That's okay".

thats not true my son was taken to the police station tonight and was arrested for it and he didnt lie but didnt tell the entire truth.

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