Russell sentenced for lying to police

A woman who lied when she told police her boyfriend had abused her children was given two years probation for filing a false report.

The defendant, Amanda Russell, entered a best interest plea before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of filing a false report. She was given a two-year sentence to be served on probation.

Her charges come for an incident back in July 2005 when she told police that her two sons had been the target of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her boyfriend. The story itself could have led to the arrest and prosecution of her boyfriend; however, a deeper investigation into Russell’s claims helped lawmen to learn her original tale was untrue.

According to the warrant against Russell, the defendant would later admit to lawmen that she had made up the story about her boyfriend because she was upset with him at the time.