PANAMA CITY — A 26-year-old Callaway woman has been arrested after police said she made a false report of an abduction, the Panama City Police Department said Thursday.
On Nov. 25 at 1:50 a.m., Jessica Harner reported to police that she was returning home from a local hospital and was stopped at a red light at the corner of Business Highway 98 and Hamilton Avenue when three men forced their way into her vehicle. Harner further stated that she was forced to drive them around the Cove area of Panama City and was told she would be shot if she resisted. Harner stated that she dropped off the men in the 200 block of East Beach Drive.
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Investigators began reviewing video surveillance from areas in which Harner had been forced to drive the men. What investigators saw and the statements from Harner did not match. After further investigation and additional interviews with Harner, she admitted that she was never abducted and that the report of the crime and all the information she provided was false. Harner was arrested and charged with false report of a crime and perjury when not in an official proceeding.