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

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

A massive, multi-agency search prompted by a false Amber Alert was called off late last week after authorities determined that a 17-year-old Florida boy had ...

A Florida teen feared to have been kidnapped by “four Hispanic men” last week actually faked his own abduction — and even ...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said a 17-year-old staged his own abduction, sparking an overnight search involving local, ...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a statewide Amber Alert issued last week for 17-year-old Caden Speight was likely a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

An Amber Alert has put a Central Florida teen in the wrong kind of spotlight. On Monday, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods provided an update on the case of a “missing” 17-year-old named Caden Speight ...

In an update, the sheriff described how investigators conducted their search, despite getting "false information" from the ...

The teen's parents are currently refusing to allow detectives to question him, which has raised further questions about the case.

A Florida teen is facing potential charges after deputies learned that he lied about being shot and abducted by four Hispanic ...

Many of the details initially released about his disappearance were based on a text message he sent to his mom. He told her ...

"There were an alarming amount of red flags initially but, we also have to fully investigate until we know otherwise," MCSO ...