ANNAPOLIS - City police last night were likely the victims of a prank call reporting a grisly murder that tied up officers for three hours as they searched apartment by apartment for a crime scene.
Police received a call at 8:27 p.m. claiming a woman named Mya Ortiz had killed her three children and there was so much blood officers would not be able to enter the apartment on Captain's Circle.
After rushing to the scene and the address, officers found its occupant safe and sound. They then turned to checking other apartments in the complex off Admiral Drive, knocking at...
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