- Oct 17, 2011
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Caden Speight, 17, texted his family that he had been abducted by ‘four Hispanic men’ in a van
Authorities issued an Amber Alert on Thursday in the search for the 6-foot-tall teen. He was last seen wearing a T-shirt, jeans and a MAGA hat, according to local news outlets.
Sheriff Billy Woods announced that Speight’s story was ‘completely made up’ and that he had actually purchased a bicycle, a tent and camping gear from a Walmart in Ocala and rode off on the bike after parking his truck on SW Highway.
‘Caden simply rode away towards Williston while the rest of us were left to think the worst, and my team was working in overdrive to solve this case.’
Speight shot himself using a handgun to keep up the ‘ruse’, according to the sheriff.
Since taxpayer-funded resources were used for the search it is still ‘on the table’ to press charges against Speight, the sheriff said.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert on Thursday in the search for the 6-foot-tall teen. He was last seen wearing a T-shirt, jeans and a MAGA hat, according to local news outlets.
Sheriff Billy Woods announced that Speight’s story was ‘completely made up’ and that he had actually purchased a bicycle, a tent and camping gear from a Walmart in Ocala and rode off on the bike after parking his truck on SW Highway.
‘Caden simply rode away towards Williston while the rest of us were left to think the worst, and my team was working in overdrive to solve this case.’
Speight shot himself using a handgun to keep up the ‘ruse’, according to the sheriff.
Since taxpayer-funded resources were used for the search it is still ‘on the table’ to press charges against Speight, the sheriff said.
