CT woman lies about child being in stolen vehicle to get faster response time: police

A woman was arrested for reporting her car stolen and allegedly falsely claiming that a child was inside to get a faster response time from police, authorities said.

The car theft was reported at 5 p.m. in the area of 10 Farmington Ave., New Britain, where 29-year-old Pamela Rodriguez of New Britain told officers a child was in the vehicle when it was stolen, according to the New Britain Police Department.

The police department said in a statement that the “investigation revealed that the vehicle was stolen, however the complainant fabricated the story of her child being in the vehicle to facilitate a faster police response.”

“No child was ever in any danger,” police said.

Rodriguez is charged with providing a false statement and reporting a false incident.

Police said they will continue to investigate the car theft.