By Bay City News Service
A 15-year-old girl falsely reported a kidnapping on Tuesday in an effort to get back at her boyfriend, according to Newark police.
The kidnapping report was made around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, when a 15-year-old girl told police she had been grabbed and tied up by two males in the area of Thornton Avenue and the railroad tracks, according to police.
The girl told investigators that she had freed herself by rubbing her restraints against a rock.
After speaking to investigators the girl admitted the story was false, saying that she had made it up in an effort to make her boyfriend feel bad about not taking her out for ice cream.
The girl was released to her parents.
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