Carlee Russell's false fake kidnapping shines light on other false police reports.
Her case stands out because of the frantic search after family, friends, and authorities believed a man kidnapped her along a Birmingham metro interstate.This week, Florida police charged an 11-year-old girl after she claimed someone had abducted her 14-year-old friend.
The girl told law enforcement that a YouTube challenge inspired her to carry out the 911 hoax, which she believed “would be funny,” according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office,In March, a woman told her family she had been the target of an attempted kidnapping in Dothan. Police claim they wasted valuable resources investigating because video revealed the woman, who did not report the matter directly to officers, manufactured the story.On recent occasions, Dothan officers responded to false calls of shootings that left victims seriously wounded and for which they spent needless hours investigating.In another Dothan incident about three years ago, a man called reported his son had shot a sibling in the head, and a few minutes later somebody made a similar call.
Making false police reports is a misdemeanor in Alabama, but law enforcement, following Russell’s case, plans to ask lawmakers to strengthen penalties.
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