Brandon Soules was found gagged and bound in a deplorable position two weeks ago after officers responded to a call about an injured man. When they arrived, they found Soules with his hands behind his back bound by a belt and a purple bandanna stuffed in his mouth.
Police in Coolidge, Arizona charged the 19-year-old man with false call to law enforcement after they discovered that he faked his own kidnapping.He told authorities that he was abducted by two masked men, who drove him around demanding that he tell them where his father buried a large amount of money in the desert. During their investigation, police uncovered no evidence of a kidnapping, discovering instead that Soules’ text messages and phone records did not match up with his story.
Soules later confessed that he made up the story to get out of work. He is now facing a misdemeanor, and it is unclear if he has an attorney. He’s made no statement on the incident.
Residents of the small community of Coolidge, located about 40 miles outside Scottsdale, said the Soules scare caused a lot of panic. “It cost taxpayers a lot of money to investigate and apprehend whoever supposedly kidnapped the guy,”
Soules has been fired from his job at the tire shop. Now, he’ll have plenty of time off.
