Calif. dad arrested for reporting his toddler missing as ploy to get police to find stolen car faster
By: Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Los Angeles Times
OAKLAND, Calif. — Over the weekend, a father’s report that his daughter was abducted in a carjacking mobilized law enforcement.
The Oakland Police Department and the California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert, notified media and posted on their social accounts in an attempt to find the 3-year-old girl. But early Sunday, officers arrested the girl’s father on suspicion of making a fake police report.
According to Oakland police, the man told officers his daughter was kidnapped so they would find his stolen car more quickly. It worked, but now he’s in custody and may face felony charges from the Alameda County district attorney’s office, said Oakland Police Officer Johnna Watson.
