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Access denied: Authorities refuse to release records for Maine school shooter hoax calls

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Press Herald, March 2023

Three months after Maine law enforcement agencies received numerous fake calls reporting shots fired at high schools around the state, officials are still refusing to release transcripts of the calls.

In response to records requests by the Kennebec Journal, federal and state officials are also refusing to explain why they are denying access to the transcripts, other than claiming that releasing the records would compromise an ongoing investigation.

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