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Anthony Lennon, an Oklahoma sex offender on the run for 13 years, was found in New York where he had enrolled in college under an alias after allegedly faking his abduction in 2012 to avoid further charges related to child pornography. He was arrested after fingerprints confirmed his identity, and he was barred from returning to the college.
Carlee Russell, who faked her own abduction, pleaded guilty to filing a false police report and was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation, 100 hours of community service, and restitution to the City of Hoover. She will also continue mental health counseling. The judge emphasized that while the community was outraged, it was a waste of resources to put her in jail. The lack of criminal penalty for this prompted the Hoover police chief to petition lawmakers to increase the punishment for filing a false report.