A Florida teen was arrested Tuesday for allegedly staging his own abduction and shooting himself in the leg to keep up the ruse — as police discovered frantic texts he sent his family were “completely false.”

Caden Speight, 17, faces a slew of charges, including filing a false report, firing a gun into a vehicle, and having a firearm as a minor for the elaborate scheme, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office .

The teen was feared to be in grave danger when he suddenly vanished in Dunnellon, north of Tampa, on Sept. 25, and authorities uncovered his abandoned truck with a gunshot hole through the windshield. 3

Investigators also found Speight’s severely damaged cellphone, drag marks in the dirt and bicycle tracks leading away from his truck” and “suspected blood” near t

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