Someone allegedly tried to tug a Doctor Evil with the enduring Hollywood signal — each when it comes to his ridiculously wacky calls for … in addition to his total smarts. 😅
Law enforcement sources inform TMZ … a person known as Hollywood PD Sunday threatening to blow the well-known L.A. landmark to smithereens with pipe bombs — that’s, except he was paid a WHOPPING $10,000 (insert Mike Myers pinky transfer right here).
Big claims for giant stakes, we suppose.
Here’s the issue … we’re instructed the dude did not even dial the fitting division. In trying to achieve L.A., our sources say he truly dialed cops in Hollywood, FL.
Unclear if he realized he had the unsuitable quantity, however in any case … we’re instructed the Florida HPD hit up their L.A. counterparts to let ’em know what was occurring, nutty as the entire thing appeared.
We’re instructed LAPD checked it out, and located no credible menace in any respect. Our sources inform us there’ve been no arrests, however the case is beneath investigation.
For context, the Hollywood signal is beneath 24/7 video surveillance, so it is all the time watched carefully — and there are further security measures in place if anybody tries to tamper with it. Of course, some have been profitable attending to it in recent times … however it’s no straightforward goal.
Just one other day within the City of Angels … to not be confused with Florida’s so-called “Diamond of the Gold Coast.”
Fun reality: Joseph Young based Hollywood, FL in 1921, and sure, the previous Cali resident was California dreamin’ when he adopted the title for his “Dream City” in South FL.