Russell was released on bond and charged with two misdemeanors.
There was no money involved in this as far as I can tell. I think this woman is mentally ill and she needs help, not jail.
He added that he shares in the “frustration” that Russell was only charged with misdemeanors and said that he is calling on state legislators to add an “enhancement” to the law “when somebody falsely reports kidnapping or another violent crime.”
Bring on the downvotes, but I’ll bet if she were a pretty white girl he wouldn’t have said that.
And don’t get me wrong, I agree with him on this. I’m just a cynic as to why it’s being brought up.
I dunno, their apparently gonna hit that 11 year old down in florida with a felony (though it is a weird felony, per https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-11-year-old-charged-kidnapping-hoax-call-sheriff-says-2023-07-27/ ):
The girl, whom Reuters is not identifying because of her age, faces a felony charge of making a false police report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner and a misdemeanor charge for misusing 911 services.
They also nailed Sheri Papini - 18 months in prison + 300K in fines.
The authorities truly do not like it when you fake a kidnapping.
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who told police she was kidnapped after she went missing for two days, was arrested on Friday and charged with two misdemeanors for making false statements to police, Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis announced during a press conference on Friday.
