A North Central Florida teenager is in police custody after he allegedly attempted to fake his own kidnapping and shot himself in the leg to keep up the act.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office shared on Facebook Tuesday that 17-year-old Caden Speight was arrested for the abduction hoax and booked in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) on the charges of presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false crime report and possessing a firearm as a minor.

The search for a missing teen who was shot

On the afternoon of Sept. 25, Marion County deputies responded to the area of 12800 SW Hwy 484 in Dunnellon after Speight had texted his family, alleging that he had been shot and the family-sharing app Life360 showed that was where he was last seen. Dunnellon is

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