Police have arrested a woman accused of lying to police about her child being taken in New Britain on Tuesday.
The police department said they were called to Farmington Avenue at about 5 p.m. on a repot of a vehicle being stolen with a child inside. Authorities later learned that a car was in fact stolen, but the woman lied about her child being taken so that police would respond quicker.
No child was ever in danger, according to police, and the stolen vehicle has not yet been found.
The woman, identified as 29-year-old Pamela Rodriguez of New Britain, was arrested and faces charged for providing a false statement and reporting a false incident.
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City officials said the cost of the false complaint was about $3,400. They say 15 officers, two probationary police officers, 12 detectives, four sergeants, a lieutenant and three captains all responded to the call, which took about two hours of their time.
The investigation remains ongoing.
