FLORENCE COUNTY -- A Florence County woman has been charged with a felony for falsely claiming she was being abducted.
According to the Florence County Sheriff's Department, the 35-year-old woman was sending text and voice messages to a friend in the city of Marinette.
The woman said she was in the back seat of a car and was being abducted by a former boyfriend and his father.
Police became suspicious and went to her mother's home where they found her, and she admitted the calls were a hoax.
The case has been referred to the District Attorney for formal charges.
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