Sleep-deprived person’s profane blast at Niagara police over Amber Alert draws condemnation, mockery

Somebody's not getting enough sleep ...

A profane, livid - and possibly threatening - response sent to Niagara Regional Police over an Amber Alert issued early Friday drew hundreds of angry online comments after the NRP posted it to its social media pages.

Niagara police didn't even issue the alert - it came from Ottawa police, sent out at 3:50 a.m. Friday after an infant was believed abducted.

On its social media pages, the NRP simply labelled it: A glimpse inside our social media inbox," and warned it contained profanity.

The message read: Take your b-lls-t amber alerts off my phone I dont give a flying f-k about a kid that aint mine your hurrassing people you wake me up again ill be coming into the station and u wont like me bery much f-k off with the amber alerts got that u stupid f-kt-ds"

Niagara police didn't include the name of the sender.

Early Saturday, there was no word as to how the NRP would respond to the posted message.

Readers were quick to respond, though, with scornful condemnation and more than a few of them mocking the person's crankiness after losing sleep and their poor grammar.

OMG. They better wish it's not ever their kid that needs an amber alert," one person responded.

Put your phone on mute' if your precious sleep time is an issue for you, snowflake. While you're at it, put yourself on mute," one follower wrote.

Turn off your phone then dumb head. I would have used your f word but then that would bring me down to your level," wrote another.

Disgusting and selfish. Hoping this one could be tracked down and dealt with for it interprets as a threat at the end," one Twitter follower wrote.

The Ontario-wide alert was issued at 3:50 a.m. Friday by Ottawa police after a one-year-old girl was believed to have been abducted.

The baby was found around 8:30 a.m. Friday. A 70-year-old alleged kidnapper, who police said did not know the baby or her family, was charged.

Police services can issue an Amber Alert through cellphones, TVs and radio.

They're done when a child is abducted and officers believe the child is at risk of serious injury or death, and if there's enough information available that a broadcasted alert might help locate the child.

Gord Howard is a St. Catharines-based reporter with the Standard. Reach him via email: gord.howard@niagaradailies.com