Carlee Russell Lied About Her Abduction And Forced To Pay Nearly $18K In Restitution

Carlee Russell lied about her abduction and is being forced to pay close to $18,000 in restitution. The young woman from Alabama was ordered to pay this fine on Thursday in an open court and was sentenced to probation.

The young woman from Alabama, Carlee Russell was charged with misdemeanors in an open court on Thursday. This ruling came as a result of her giving false report to the police about her being abducted in July. Carlee Russell went missing for two days and after she was found she disclosed to the police that she was kidnapped.

Surprisingly, she changed her statement and confirmed to the police that she made up the story and she wasn’t kidnapped. According to the police, the disappearance of Carlee Russell led the local police to embark on a nationwide search.

During the court session, Carlee Russell pleaded not guilty last year October to fake reporting to local police and the law enforcement heads and falsely made up the kidnaping story. At that time after the court hearing and the ruling that came from the municipal judge was that, she was found guilty of all the charges against her and she is to serve a year behind the bars and pay a restitution fees close to $18,000.

Upon the ruling from the municipal judge, the legal team of Carlee Russell described the restitution to be fair but her conviction to be mean and they appealed on her behalf to avoid jail.

Earlier this week, a state trial was set for the Carlee Russell case which was then scheduled to begin this past Thursday. The day of the hearing, that is on Thursday, Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to all the charges against her. In addition to the ruling, she was sentenced to a year thus 12 months probation with community service.

On July 12th, Carlee Russell called the local police, 911 to report a toddler. This call came in a day before her alleged kidnapping. She returned home o July 15th that is two days after she went missing. Upon her arrival she narrated that she was kidnapped by a man and woman that time of her call to 911. She stepped out to help the toddler but then was taken away instead.

The local police and investigators disclosed that at the time of the incident, there was no toddler at the said scene and no evidence was found as well.

According to Nicholas Derzis, the Hoover police chief, upon investigating the kidnapping claims from Carlee Russell they found that she searched for Amber Alerts on her phone, watched the movie “Taken” and searched for bus tickets as well hors before she was reported missing. The movie, “Taken” which features Liam Neeson is about a father’s journey to save the daughter from kidnappers.

The state legislators of Alabama have proposed a bill upon this incident to deal with anyone who makes false reports. This bill could land a victim 10 years in prison.