Police: Women lied about ATM kidnapping story

Aug 8, 2015 - 18:05
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Police: Women lied about ATM kidnapping story
Lashay Jackson and Justice Watford

A woman reportedly kidnapped from an Atlanta-area bank ATM earlier this week was not abducted at all, and her two friends are now facing charges for making the story up, a Forest Park police spokesman said.

Detectives with the Forest Park Police Department say they have arrested Lashay Jackson and Justice Watford on obstruction and false statement charges.

The women told Forest Park police they were making a deposit at the ATM outside the Wells Fargo bank on Main Street around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when they were robbed by several gunmen, who then forced the driver of the women’s car into the back seat and kidnapped her.

The woman supposedly kidnapped was found safe about 12 hours later.

Forest Park police Major Chris Matson confirmed to The Atlanta Joual-Constitution Friday the story was a hoax, but did not immediately say what led investigators to doubt the stories of the women.

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