BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Carlee Russell, a nursing student who made
international news when she faked her own kidnapping over the
summer, was found guilty of the false report.
During a municipal court hearing Wednesday, Judge Brad Bishop found
Russell guilty of filing a false police report and falsely reporting
the incident, where she reported seeing a child walking along I-459
before she went missing on July 13. On July 15, she walked back to
her home in Hoover, where she told police that she had been
abducted.
However, after a days-long investigation by police into Russell’s
statement, she admitted she had made the whole thing up.
Bishop ordered Russell to pay $831 for each misdemeanor charge, as
well as over $17,000 in restitution. She is also facing up to a year
in jail on the charges.
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