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Cops: Addison student ‘fabricated’ school intruder story

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Addison Police Director Bill Hayden, left, and Addison Elementary District 4 Superintendent John Langton announce at a news conference Monday that a girl who claimed she was restrained in a junior high school bathroom admitted she made up the story.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Addison Police Director Bill Hayden, left, and Addison Elementary District 4 Superintendent John Langton announce at a news conference Monday that a girl who claimed she was restrained in a junior high school bathroom admitted she made up the story.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Police exit Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison while investigating what proved to be a false report Friday that a student was restrained in the restroom by an intruder. The student fabricated the story, police said.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Indian Trail Junior High was on lockdown Friday after a false report about a student being restrained by an intruder in a restroom.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

There was no intruder Friday at Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison, police said Monday. The false report prompted a lockdown of the building for three hours.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

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Police say a student at Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison has admitted she lied about being restrained by a school intruder -- a report that prompted authorities to lock down the building for three hours Friday as worried parents gathered outside. "At no time was the security at (the school) breached," Addison Police Director Bill Hayden said at a news conference Monday.