Sheriff Billy Woods says teen's kidnapping story was a hoax. What happens next?

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

AMBER Alert: 2-year-old boy abducted in Tangipahoa Parish, state police say

AMBER Alert: 2-year-old Christopher Cooper was abducted in Tangipahoa Parish, state police say. Last seen on I-55 in a white GMC Yukon, plate PJT070.

Florida teen who prompted AMBER Alert faked disappearance, shot himself in leg: sheriff

A teenage boy whose disappearance prompted an extensive search last week was never kidnapped, and the story was “completely ...

Maxwell: DeSantis relied on Osceola sheriff, alleged crime boss, to oust prosecutor

The scandal-plagued Marcos Lopez wasn’t just an incidental player in the governor’s crusade against Monique Worrell. The ...

MAGA teen shot himself in the leg in attempt to coverup hoax kidnapping by 'four Hispanic men'

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

Florida teen accused of faking abduction, shooting himself and sparking Amber Alert

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

Florida Teen Made Up Abduction Story and Shot Himself, Sheriff Claims: 'Zero Chance'

The Marion County sheriff said Caden Speight's parents have refused to allow detectives to speak with him to help authorities ...
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UPDATE: Florida Teen Fakes Kidnapping, Shoots Himself in Leg ‘to Continue the Ruse’

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 ...