A Louisiana woman is behind bars after police say she falsely reported the kidnapping of her young son last week. Artasia Viges, 24, called authorities at around 1 a.m. on Nov. 5 to report the alleged kidnapping of her young son near U.S. 190 and ...

A Eunice woman was arrested for allegedly leaving her child on the side of the road and then falsely reporting him kidnapped, authorities said.

The child told deputies that his mother “ran him over” and left him on the side of the road, according to investigators The child was taken to the hospital for treatment, and

A Eunice woman was arrested on counts of cruelty to juveniles and falsifying a kidnapping after abandoning her child, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office reports.