• An April Fools' Day prank went wrong in Wichita, Kansas, on ... April 1, KWCH-TV reported, when Arnthia Willis, 58, called her daughter that morning and said she'd been shot.
The Wichita Police and Fire departments and Sedgwick County EMS responded to the address given, but discovered no one was there.
They later found Arnthia in suburban Derby and arrested her for an unlawful request for emergency service assistance. [KWCH-TV, 4/1/2021]
• Michael Boatman, 41, discovered by two sheriff's deputies wandering down the street at 1 a.m. in Spartanburg, South Carolina, wearing only a "clear bag over his genitals" on April 1, told the officers he was doing a "walk of shame" in penance for cheating on his wife, according to an incident report.
The Smoking Gun reported Boatman, who was smoking marijuana, according to the report, also allegedly told officers he had taken methamphetamine earlier.
Boatman briefly tried to run away from officers, police said, but was captured and arrested for indecent exposure, among other offenses. [The Smoking Gun, 4/1/2021]