Wilbanks is indicted for making false police report

<p>Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted Wednesday for filing a false police report claiming she had been kidnapped.</p><p>A grand jury indicted the 32-year-old woman on one count of making a false police report, a misdemeanor, and one count of false statement, a felony. The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison if she is convicted, said Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter.</p><p>"We believe this is a reasonable next step in the case. We believe the grand jury made the right decision," Porter said. A bench will be issued Wilbanks' arrest, he added.</p><p>Wilbanks disappeared from her Duluth home on April 26 after claiming that she was going for a jog.</p><p>While Georgia authorities looked for her, the woman traveled to Las Vegas by bus and then to Albuquerque, N.M. There, she called authorities with a story about having been abducted and sexually assaulted.</p>

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