Woman charged with faking own abduction to hide college dropout status
A 23-year-old Pennsylvania woman, Chloe Stein, has been charged with four misdemeanors after allegedly faking her own abduction to hide the fact that she dropped out of college and wasn't about to graduate. Stein was last heard from Monday evening when she texted her boyfriend saying she was being pulled over by a police officer. Her family found her vehicle abandoned and reported her missing, leading to an expensive search by the state police. The case unravelled when a tip came in that Stein was actually at a home in Jeannette, about 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Stein admitted to fabricating the information and will appear before a judge on May 25.
