COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY (WRGB) — A Columbia County 16-year old faces charges after New York State Police say she falsely reported a kidnapping on Thursday.
State Police from the Livingston barracks responded to a 911 call Thursday reporting a possible kidnapping in the Town of Stockport. The caller claimed that a 13-year-old girl had been abducted by unknown individuals in a white van on Atlantic Avenue.
Troopers, along with members of the Livingston Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, immediately began a search for the vehicle described by the caller. After an extensive investigation and search, no such vehicle or victim was located. Upon further interviews, the 16-year-old admitted that she had made up the report…