An Alabama judge on Wednesday found Carlee Russell guilty on two misdemeanor charges after she faked being abducted in July, but she will appeal.
An Alabama judge found Carlee Russell guilty of two misdemeanor charges after she faked her own abduction in July. Hoover Municipal Court Judge Thomas Brad Bishop on Wednesday found Russell guilty on charges of false reporting of an incident and false reporting to law enforcement, both misdemeanors, according to FOX affiliate WBRC. The state recommended one year in jail, the maximum, which is six months for each charge. They also recommended a fine of $831 and restitution of $17,974.88.
Russell, 24, dialed 911 on July 13 at around 9:34 p.m. to report a toddler walking along the southbound side of Interstate 459 near Birmingham, according to the Hoover Police Department. She returned home on July 15 at around 10:45 p.m. near where police say she was seen walking along the sidewalk beforehand. In a statement Russell made through her attorney, Emery Anthony, to the Hoover Police Department, she admitted to never seeing a baby on Interstate 459.
We still don't know what happened in those 49 hours, where she was. Did she have any help? We have no idea,' Derzis said. 'We wanted the focus to be, ‘bring her home.’ She got home. We're very excited about that.' 'That facts that I last Wednesday pretty much showed that we knew it was a hoax,' Derzis said.
Police earlier said that Russell took toilet paper and a bathrobe from the Woodhouse Spa Birmingham, her employer. She later picked up food for takeout and was later seen getting snacks at Target.
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