A brawl at a boat dock in Montgomery, Alabama, left three people in custody and more than a dozen questioned by authorities, after an argument turned into a physical a.
and urge them to add an enhancement to current legislation when somebody falsely rerts kidnapping or another violent crime. boris, you can tell the chief s not happy about this. a lot of resources were put into this. there was a drone put into the air, canine units were put to work there. they also had other federal authorities come in to help with the search. people from the community came in to help with the search. everyone is trying to figure out where c where carlee was for those 49 hours. they did talk about the fact she went to a target and bought snacks before this happened. she told detectives when she got back home that apparently a man with orange hair kidnapped her. now they figured out it s not true, it was all a hoax. two misdemeanor charges and she s bonded out after taking that mug shot photo you see on the screen. a lot of questions. one of them is why.
let s get some cnn legal analysis from joey jackson. always great to see you. first, your thoughts on these two misdemeanor charges and a potential defense she might use in court. yeah, ryan, so obviously a lot of concern, right, by the community and others, i think really the country as a community being concerned about her, looking and really leaving no stone unturned so that she can be safe, et cetera, et cetera, coming to find out it was all false. so obviously there s a lot of disappointed people. with respect to the charges, that s what really the law demands as it relates to alabama law concerning you reporting to law enforcement and that being false and then of course filing a false report, that being false also, misdemeanors, what s the difference between that and a felony. a world, right? the essence, though, is only punishable by up to a year in