Suspicious clowns spotted in Moberly

UPDATE 9/28: Major Rice with the Fulton police has confirmed that officers stopped a male Westminster student wearing a clown mask sometime overnight, near the Westminster campus. He says the department was called for a couple of sightings yesterday that also included the Williams Woods campus.

The vehicle description is similar in those reports, so they suspect it is the same person. The student was warned and cautioned but not arrested.

ORIGINAL STORY: Moberly Police have responded to two reports about people dressed as clowns in the Moberly area.

One of the reports came from the Allendale Manor Neighborhood in Moberly.

One report happened on Monday night, and the second report occurred nearly a week ago.

The reports that have been filed, stating that clowns have been spotted, have not been associated with any criminal activity.

Moberly Police is encouraging people to call in people dressed in clown costumers that are doing suspicious activity.

ABC 17 News spoke with several residents in Allendale Manor neighborhood who says they’re uneasy about the recent news.

“Moberly is a small area, so people going around doing that stuff just freaks me out,” one resident said.