Kidnap Turns Out to be Hoax

HANCOCK POLICE INVESTIGATING A KIDNAPPING EARLIER THIS WEEK HAVE A WHOLE NEW SORT OF INVESTIGATION NOW.

ACCORDING TO LIEUTENANT RANDY MAYRA OF THE HANCOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MAN WHO CLAIMED HE WAS KIDNAPPED OVER THE WEEKEND HAS ADMITTED TO MAKING UP THE STORY.

THE 29-YEAR OLD VICTIM-TURNED-SUSPECT INITIALLY SAID HE WAS KIDNAPPED AT GUNPOINT FROM HIS HOME ON THE 900 BLOCK OF PINE STREET IN THE CITY OF HANCOCK ON SATURDAY. HE SAID HE WAS FORCED TO DRIVE TO WISCONSIN..

A LENGTHY INTERVIEWED BY POLICE YESTERDAY COULD NOT SUBSTANTIATE THOSE CLAIMS.