A Sebring man was arrested Friday morning after Charlotte County deputies said he filed a false report and claimed he was carjacked at gunpoint. This report led deputies on a search for “an armed man.”
Marty L. Hickey, 29, contacted the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office shortly before 7 a.m. on Oct. 10, claiming an armed man had carjacked his vehicle. According to Hickey’s initial report, an unknown Black male dressed in all black entered the rear driver’s side of his car while he was stopped at a red light. Hickey claimed the man was armed with a shotgun, pointed it at his head and ordered him to drive.
Deputies rushed to the scene and started searching the area. Babcock Neighborhood Schools went on a oft lockdown as deputies searched for a suspect…