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Haverhill Police Look To Charge Women Who Claimed To See Baby Thrown In Merrimack River

HAVERHILL (CBS) -- Haverhill Police say they will be seeking charges against two women who falsely claimed they saw a baby being tossed into the Merrimack River on Thursday night.

State Police say the women claimed to have seen a baby thrown into the river by a man on the Comeau Bridge around 7:30 p.m. However, Haverhill and State Police found no evidence to support the report.

The women are expected to be charged for misleading police.

A State Police dive team and Air Wing searched the area for a couple hours, but found nothing. The search was then called off.

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