A WOMAN has been charged with obstructing police following a hoax call.
Karena Nightingale, of Cholwell Road in Stevenage, has been charged after six emergency service vehicles were called to a property in the road at about 2.40am on Sunday, May 12.
Upon arrival at the scene, crews found no evidence of a fire which had been reported via a 999 call.
Nightingale, 39, will appear at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on May 31.
Ryan Farrelly, 19, of Strathmore Road, Hitchin, was charged last week with a public nuisance offence in relation to the incident.
He will appear before Stevenage magistrates on May 29.
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