Horsham Police Knock Down Acme Attack Rumor

HORSHAM, PA — Police in Horsham are shooting down a social-media rumor about an attack at a local grocery store.

On Thursday, police posted that they'd gotten "numerous messages" about a post that has been making the rounds on Facebook and other social media in the area.

The false post, which claims to have been "received from a friend," claims that a woman was "nearly carjacked" at the Acme in Horsham. The copy-pasted text, which does not include anyone's name or a date of the supposed incident, says a man in the store parking lot first followed another woman, then the writer.

It claims that the first woman screamed and that the writer called police.

Horsham Community Police Services said no such call had been received, either via 911 or by the department's dispatcher.

"In short, we have no record of this incident ever occurring," the post reads. "This is a false rumor."