Runaway Bride charged
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- Jennifer Wilbanks, the Georgia woman who fled the state and faked her own kidnapping and sexual assault before her wedding, was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury, the Gwinnett County district attorney said.
Wilbanks, 32, is charged with one count of making false statements, a felony punishable upon conviction by five years in prison, and one count of making a false report of a crime, a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a year in jail, District Attorney Danny Porter said.
The medical assistant from the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, had been scheduled to get married in April in front of 600 guests and 28 attendants. Just days before the ceremony, she disappeared, prompting a massive, three-day search.
Eventually Wilbanks called authorities from a pay phone in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and said two people had abducted her, then recanted her story during questioning by the FBI and police.
Albuquerque police have said they will not file charges.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/25/wilbanks/index.html
Wilbanks, 32, is charged with one count of making false statements, a felony punishable upon conviction by five years in prison, and one count of making a false report of a crime, a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a year in jail, District Attorney Danny Porter said.
The medical assistant from the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, had been scheduled to get married in April in front of 600 guests and 28 attendants. Just days before the ceremony, she disappeared, prompting a massive, three-day search.
Eventually Wilbanks called authorities from a pay phone in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and said two people had abducted her, then recanted her story during questioning by the FBI and police.
Albuquerque police have said they will not file charges.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/25/wilbanks/index.html
