Carlee Russell apologizes for faking her own kidnapping: 'I made a grave mistake'
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Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who lied to police and faked her own disappearance, pleaded guilty this week to misdemeanor crimes and apologized to the court.
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Carlee Russell, Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping, pleads guilty to charges and avoids jail time
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Carlee Russell apologizes for faking her own kidnapping: 'I made a grave mistake'
Carlee Russell has pleaded guilty to criminal charges, admitting she lied about being abducted in Alabama in July and seeing a toddler walking alongside a highway.
During the sentencing, Judge David Carpenter suspended Russell's two six-month sentences, saying it would be a "waste of government resources" to put her in jail for her crime.
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who lied to police and faked her own disappearance, pleaded guilty this week to misdemeanor crimes and apologized to the court.
By Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping last year, apologized in court Thursday after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges of making a false police report.
HOOVER, Ala. (WTVO) — Carlee Russell, 26, has been sentenced for claiming she was abducted after stopping to check on a wandering toddler last year. A judge ordered a suspended six-month sentence which will allow her to avoid jail. She was ordered to pay more than $17,000 restitution.
