The Alabama nursing student who drew national attention when she faked her own kidnapping a year ago spoke out this week on her now private Instagram account, for the first time since she was sentenced to a year’s probation, community service, and mental health counseling. Posting for her 27th birthday, Carlee Russell wrote that she …
Months after fabricating her abduction and making a false report to police, Alabama woman Carlee Russell is set to reappear in court. Carlee Russell admitted guilt in court on Thursday in Jefferson County, to two misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident after calling 911. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
Carlee Russell calls 911, telling the operator that she sees a toddler walking down the side of an Alabama freeway. When police arrive, there’s no toddler and Russell is gone. Her car, however, is still parked along the highway. The door is open and the car is running. Forty-nine hours later, Russell returns home, telling …
On Wednesday, an Alabama judge convicted Carlee Russell of faking her own abduction and disappearance in July. AL.com reported that the judge recommended Russell, 26, spend a year in jail and pay $17,874 in restitution. Russell is expected to appeal her case so it will go before a jury trial. Russell was found guilty of …
Hoover police announced that they charged Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who previously claimed she was kidnapped for 49 hours, with two charges in connection with the hoax. During a Friday afternoon press conference, Hoover Police Chief Nicholas C. Derzis said Russell turned herself into Hoover police, accompanied by her attorney. She’s been charged …
Hoover police in Alabama are seeking two charges against Carlee Russell, who disappeared after calling 911 and then returned home days later, Jefferson County Chief Assistant District Attorney Lane Tolbert told Fox News Digital. Tolbert reportedly said that police are pursuing charges against Russell for false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. …
Alabama attorney Emory Anthony, who represents Carlee Russell, said Wednesday that he anticipates police pressing charges against Russell after she faked her own kidnapping. According to WHDN, the announcement followed a Tuesday meeting between Anthony and Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis. “It was a great meeting; It was a short meeting,” Anthony said. “We tried …
Carlee Russell calls 911, telling the operator that she sees a toddler walking down the side of an Alabama freeway. When police arrive, there’s no toddler and Russell is gone. Her car, however, is still parked along the highway. The door is open and the car is running. Forty-nine hours later, Russell returns home, telling …
It was all a ruse, police said Monday, in connection with the disappearance of Alabama woman, Carlee Russell. On Monday, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis shared a statement from Russell’s lawyer, Emory Anthony, during a press conference, stating that 25-year-old Russell admitted to fabricating the story. While police are still actively investigating the case, prosecutors …
Carlee Russell’s return home has elicited a strong reaction from community members, particularly parents who have experienced the loss of their own child to violence, including an Alabama mother whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered. Shea Pilkington-Wiley’s daughter, Madison Pilkington, was found murdered in Hoover 18 months ago. The distraught mother is now calling Carlee …
Despite Alabama woman Carlee Russell vanishing, then reappearing two days after reporting a sighting of a wandering toddler, over $63,000 donated to Crime Stoppers in the search for her will not be refunded, according to reports. Al.com reports that initially, Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama had promised to return the $63,378, but later backtracked and …
Carlee Russell is being excoriated online amid growing skepticism of her abduction claim, according to her boyfriend, who is calling on commenters to show some empathy. “I want everyone to stop bullying her,” Thomar Latrell Simmons told the New York Post. “I know what it seems like what she did. Just stop bullying on social …
