Posted on 07/28/2023 12:52:56 PM PDT by Morgana
Carlee Russell grinned in her mugshot today after being arrested for faking her own abduction.
Russell has been charged with two misdemeanor charges of filing a false report. She now faces up to two years in jail and $12,000 in fines. She was released from jail today after posting a $2,000 bond.
Russell, 25, was driving home from work in Hoover, Alabama, on July 13 when she called 911 claiming she'd seen a toddler in a diaper on the side of the road.
She then called her brother's girlfriend, claiming the same sight, and screamed down the phone.
She wasn't seen again for two days, then turned up at her parents' house with a cut lip and a tall tale about having been snatched by a man with orange hair who held her captive for two days before she managed to somehow escape.
Hoover Police then revealed the spa therapist's incriminating Google search history that included the terms 'do you have to pay for an Amber alert' and research on the movie Taken.
A sheepish Russell went quiet, then admitted via her attorney to making the entire story up.
Today, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis announced criminal charges against her.
The Russell family lives in a $800,000 house and hold steady jobs - her mother is a realtor and her father is a VP at a bank.
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If he would've been black it would have been a whole other story....This happened last week......
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
She ain't done giving her parents fits. Now the question is, who gave her the attention-whore bug? Mammy or Pops.
She lives in my subdivision...no way the house is worth 800k. 500k is about the top end here and that may be a stretch.
Can’t understand how this story ever got in the news, much less the major play it has received.
dhe’s one step up from a ...
Some people....
Kray kray out on the porch with a drink in its hand. 😏
She looks like she’s already had several rounds of shock therapy. Parents will be spending a lot of money on this one.
Because she wanted attention from her ex boy friend. Its usually about that.
Correct. Same thing about Sherri Papini.
O<G!!!ANIMALS! FERAL ANIMALS!
The best news here is that her nursing career will be over before it ever begins.
The theft from her former employer would get her kicked out of nursing school all by itself, but the hoax and the mental weirdness seal the deal.
No she didn't "fess up". During the interview process with investigators, they showed her all the evidence they had clearly indicating she was lying. She had no choice but to confess it was all fake.
Smiling for the camera. She didn’t learn a thing but how to have mommy and daddy write checks.
That grin! She must be thinking about those two years of girl on girl fun.
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