In the event anyone gets the following email concerning gangs using a baby car seat to lure victims to stop on the roadway so they can be attacked sent to them I want to let you know that it is a hoax.

The Guymon Police Department received this email a few months ago and we called the Missouri Dept of Corrections to see if there was anything factual but there was not. It had been passed along as a forward from one of their employees and it was then erroneously attributed to their agency. However, upon further investigation it was tracked further to the Tennessee Dept of Corrections who also reported that it is a hoax.

 In recent months it has been attributed to law enforcement officers and agencies as a way to lend credibility to the hoax, among them are our police department and the 47th District Attorney’s Office in Amarillo Texas.

We urge everyone to be vigilant in their travels but there is no documented effort on the part of gangs to target victims using this ploy.

Additionally you can check the online website SNOPES for further verification http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp