Ridiculous New Hampshire Emergency Alert Has us Wondering if We’re Being Pranked

The Seacoast Emergency Alerts Facebook is the place for breaking local news. The alerts are usually pretty serious in nature. They alert the group's followers about things like fire alarm activations, medical emergencies, motor vehicle accidents; things like that. They do a fantastic job updating the page in real time and keeping the community community informed.

However, there was an odd alert this week on the page that made people wonder if the page was dabbling in comedy. It seemed out of place and made us stop mid scroll to investigate.

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Basically the report was outlining an incident that happened at the Dunkin Donuts location on Woodbury Ave in Portsmouth. The "perpetrator" allegedly took off with a slice of lemon loaf without paying for it and headed on foot towards the Dollar Tree.

The cartoon illustration that went along with it is what really sent me.

Stealing is wrong, OF COURSE, but is a $2.49 slice of lemon loaf really worth alerting the community about? Or was it just a particularly slow news day?

Many people asked in the comments if this was a joke and Seacoast Emergency Alerts confirmed that it actually happened.

That was the only post of this nature and now it seems they are back to their regularly scheduled programming.