Bluffton woman charged in NC with abduction, cyberstalking, impersonating official, police say
Editor’s note: The woman’s name was removed from this story after her charges were expunged.
A 38-year-old Bluffton woman who is accused of impersonating a law enforcement official while attempting to abduct a child in North Carolina was arrested in Beaufort County last week, according to officials from the Jacksonville, North Carolina Police Department.
She was arrested on May 8 and booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center on a fugitive from justice offense, according to the jail log.
Days later, on May 12, she was turned over to Jacksonville Police to face charges of felony abduction of children, felony obstruction of justice, unauthorized practice of law, impersonating a law enforcement official, and cyberstalking in Onslow County, according to court documents. Her court date is June 3.
She is accused of calling the child’s guardian to “abuse, annoy, threaten, terrify, harass, or embarrass them,” The Daily News in Jacksonville, North Carolina, reported Monday.
The woman also allegedly impersonated an official and lied to the person in custody of two minor children “in order to attempt to obtain access to the children,” a news release from the police department said Wednesday afternoon.
In a separate case, she also faces charges of misdemeanor assault of a government official, reckless driving to endanger, and driving while impaired in Carteret County, according to North Carolina court documents. The court date for those charges is July 9.
She was released from the Onslow County Jail on a $20,000 bond, the release said.
This story was originally published May 15, 2019 at 3:58 PM.
