Henry Rodgers
Senior Congressional Correspondent
August 21, 2020 2:09 PM ET
A Democratic candidate running for mayor in South Carolina was reportedly arrested for allegedly faking her own kidnapping to try to win votes.
Sabrina Belcher was arrested and charged with conspiracy and filing a false police report after police say she filmed herself being kidnapped, beaten up and robbed in a Facebook live video Tuesday, which she orchestrated, according to The State. Police say she did this to get “sympathy†ahead of the election.
After she claimed to have been kidnapped she told police that she was “assaulted and kidnapped by an unknown man during an attempted robbery.†Belcher also said the unknown man broke her car windows.
“They staged a kidnapping and beating in order to garner publicity, sympathy and votes in the November election,†police said. The man Belcher was referencing is reportedly named Christopher James Eaddy. Eaddy was also charged with conspiracy in the case, according to the Sumter Police Department.
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