美国宾州一名女大学生为了逃避无法毕业的事实,伪造自己被人绑架,害警方出动大批人力搜索,自己也将面临法律制裁。(示意图/Shutterstock)
美国宾州一名23岁女大学生日前留下讯息给男友,伪造自己被人绑架的迹象,让警方出动大批人力搜索。事后女大生被邻居发现,但警方检视她的证词,却发现与事实颇有出入,最后她坦承是要逃避毕业,才会撒谎,虽然没有造成任何人员伤害,但整起搜索行动耗费了数万美元,而她也可能面临法律制裁。
Chloe Stein (23) has been taken into custody on multiple charges after her incident was deemed a hoax. Police in Pennsylvania spent thousands of dollars searching for her when she was never in danger at all. Not to mention the fact that she scared the hell out of everyone.… pic.twitter.com/6g2rmpHUG8
— Rose (@901Lulu) May 3, 2023
根据《每日邮报》报导,克罗伊.史坦(Chloe Stein)在1日晚间传简讯给男友,表示自己被警察拦下,之后便失去音讯。隔天她的车子被人发现,车上还留有手机,人却不见踪影,警方接获消息立刻展开大规模搜索,经过一天一夜后,有邻居通知警察,说史坦出现在他家门外,平安无恙。
BREAKING Chloe Stein Penn State Student from Jeannette who was missing since last night has BEEN FOUND. Police tell me she was found at a residence in Jeannette & is alive and well.
— Jennifer Borrasso (@JenBorrasso) May 3, 2023
She is currently being interviewed@KDKA pic.twitter.com/u6WKl5fDlI
史坦向警方表示,自己遭人持枪绑架,对方还攻击她、限制她的自由,经过一段时间才又开车把她丢在离家不远的路边。不过这番证词和监视器与手机通联纪录不符,遭到警方怀疑,而她也在侦讯过程中坦承自己说谎,理由竟然是因为“无法毕业”,让众人十分傻眼。
警方表示,史坦从2018年秋天起就辍学了,却还是在亲友面前表现出在学的样子。随着毕业季的脚步接近,大家都很期待参加她的毕业典礼,她于是想出这个点子,假藉被绑票,实际上是要逃避“无法毕业”的事实。而如今,史坦不仅拿不到文凭,还被警方逮捕,面临虚假通报、妨碍执法和妨害治安等罪名,代价恐怕不是她当初所能想像。