Pregnant attorney who went missing admits to making false alarms

TOLEDO, Ohio - A pregnant attorney who police said made up a story about being kidnapped and driven from Ohio to Georgia pleaded guilty today to one count of making false alarms.

Authorities said 35-year-old Karyn McConnell Hancock, who was missing for three days in December, told them a man with a gun abducted her outside a juvenile court building in downtown Toledo and forced her into the back of a van. She later recanted.

McConnell Hancock's attorney Jerry Phillips said he also expects her to be charged with theft and forgery based on accusations from former clients who say she stole money from them.

Sentencing on the false alarms plea was scheduled for March 19th in Toledo Municipal Court. The charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

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