COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two Columbus women said they were abducted at gunpoint over the weekend, but authorities said the incident was fabricated.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Alischa Coverdale, 22, and Angel McCallister, 17, told authorities they were kidnapped by two men.
The females, who said they are friends, claimed they were kidnapped at 9 a.m. Saturday from an area near Parsons and Southwood avenues on the city’s South Side.
They said two black males forced them into a green vehicle of unknown make and model and told them they were headed for West Virginia to be prostitutes.
The females said they were held against their will for hours before they were able to escape their captors at a Buckeye Lake gas station.
Columbus police and the Licking County sheriff’s office started an investigation Saturday.
Authorities said investigators uncovered evidence that disproved the abduction allegations.
They were arrested by CPD and taken to the Franklin County jail early Tuesday morning.
Coverdale and McCallister were charged with falsification and misleading a public official.
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