MERCHANTMEN, W.Va. - Police in West Virginia are considering whether to charge a Naval Academy midshipman they said lied about being the victim of a kidnapping and extortion plot.
Police first received a missing-person report on 21-year-old Midshipman 1st Class Matthew C. Sanders of California, Md., on Sunday afternoon. Sanders was supposed to be headed for Annapolis but did not arrive.
On Monday, police said Sanders was found unharmed in Preston County. Late yesterday police said Sanders first claimed he was the victim of a kidnapping and extortion scheme, but later admitted...
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