The ruse began on September 25, around 4 p.m., when police say they received information that Caden Speight, 17, had been ...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says 17-year-old Caden Speight’s false abduction report triggered an Amber Alert before he ...

Caden Speight, 17, was reported missing on September 25, after his mother received a text alleging four Hispanic men had shot ...

Sheriff Billy Woods took to Facebook to give an update on the teen who was the subject of an Ambert Alert late last week.

On Monday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Ocala said the teen, Caden Speight, was reported missing last Thursday and a ...

A teenage boy allegedly faked that he was kidnapped by four men and shot himself in the leg to fit his fabricated story.

The Marion County sheriff said Caden Speight's parents have refused to allow detectives to speak with him to help authorities ...

A Florida teen staged a false abduction scare, triggering widespread searches; authorities reveal a lie, raising concerns over emergency-resource deployment.

Since taxpayer-funded resources were used in the search for Caden Speight, it is still 'on the table' to press charges against him, the sheriff said.

A Florida teen who claimed he’d been shot and abducted by four Hispanic men “completely made up” the story, investigators say. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said that “there were an alarming ...