Alabama police announce charges in Carlee Russell kidnapping hoax



Police Chief Nick Derzis announces the arrest of Carlee Russell on misdemeanor charges after she admitted falsely reporting her own kidnapping.

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20 comments

  1. She needs to pay every dime spent looking for her!!!

  2. Misdemeanor my a$$

  3. Put Chewbacca in jail!!

  4. Chief pulled out the blue and pink pin striped suit for this one!! Looking good chief!

  5. Set a precedent! Max sentence and payback all those tax dollars she wasted.

  6. You can take the girl out of the Ghetto, but you can't take the Ghetto out of the girl.

  7. Please give hee the attention she wanted

  8. Leave Britney alone! I mean, Carlee!!!

  9. Carlee was with Tawana Brawley and Al those two days….

  10. This is that type of stuff Narcissists do and get away with . She went way overboard and crossed the line with the toddler . This is one of those cases where our existing laws just weren’t prepared for this type of thing . I think she needs seperate charges for falsely reporting a child in distress , and another charge for faking her own kidnapping . You’d think child protective services could add a few more charges on .. But I’m sure she was given a light sentence because she came clean too .

  11. This man knows how to dress. Alabama the new poster child of America.

  12. Sad.She did not need attention.Has a wonderful family.

  13. And also she should be forced to pay that all the money that was spent looking for her

  14. If they do not give her the max then they are not setting a example and more people will do this

  15. To stop this crap is make people pay the total cost of the expence bill in one year's time or else prison.

  16. Very good, lock her up and throw the keys

  17. Now she has an accurate answer to how much an Amber Alert cost !!!