Ohio woman sentenced for fabricating story

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A lawyer and former city councilwoman who made up a story about being kidnapped and driven to Georgia was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation and was fined $300.

Karyn McConnell Hancock, 35, who was missing for three days in December, pleaded guilty in January to one count of making false alarms. The misdemeanor charge carried a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Authorities said she told them a man with a gun and two others abducted her outside a juvenile court building in downtown Toledo and forced her into the back of a van. She later recanted, telling police she was tired and wanted to get away.