Go Skins Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/23/danik-kumar-489000-distress-call_n_5200810.html CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man who was 19 when he made a false distress call that triggered a massive, 21-hour search on Lake Erie must pay $489,000 in restitution to the U.S. and Canadian agencies involved in the needless rescue effort, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati found that a lower court properly ordered 21-year-old Danik Kumar of Sandusky to pay for all costs associated with the March 2012 search, launched after he reported seeing a fishing boat with four people on board sending up flares on Lake Erie as he was flying a small plane overhead. About 70 personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard used three boats, a helicopter and a small plane before calling off the search. A month later, Kumar told investigators that though he originally thought he saw a single flare go up, he never saw a boat, according to court records. Kumar told investigators that he continued reporting a boat in distress for fear of sounding stupid and ruining his chances of becoming a Coast Guard aviator, court records say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Doesn't sound like a prank. Sounds like he saw something and reported it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nati Ice Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Sounds like he saw something and reported it. The guy specifically stated he didn't see what he reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 His name is Kumar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khatmandude Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 His name is Kumar.... Danik Kumar....so his last name. Funny thing is, the arresting officer's name was Sgt. David Harold. Just kidding, I made that shit up.....but that would be hilarious if it was actually the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandJoeyV Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 His name is Kumar.... Is that spelled with 4 "O"s or two "U"s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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