“We are going to do everything we can to prosecute,” he said. “This is a very serious offense, which puts the lives of the responders and the public at risk.”

The boy admitted making the calls, police said, but his grandparents didn’t know he was doing it.

“This should be a reminder for parents and grandparents to be more aware of what children are doing and being more cognizant of what they¹re saying,” Holtzclaw said. “We want to the public to know you’re going to get the help you need, but we want people to call for genuine purposes.”