Arizona man fakes his own kidnapping to skip work

What happened? Brandon Soules, 19, pleaded guilty at a February 18 sentencing hearing for falsely reporting that he was kidnapped in order to avoid going to work. He was ordered to pay a $550 fine. What you need to know Coolidge police said they responded to a call at about 5:25 p.m. on February 10 about “a male subject whose hands were bound behind his back with a belt and had a bandana stuffed in his mouth,” states a police press release.  Soules told police he was kidnapped in front of his home by two masked men who knocked him unconscious after hitting him on the head. He mentioned that the men drove him around before they dumped him on the street in Coolidge. What else? Police said they investigated Soules’ claims, including that he was taken by the masked men because his father had hidden large sums of money around town, but found no evidence that he was abducted, reports the Associated Press. Police also searched through surveillance video and found nothing to corroborate his story, the Associated Press reported.