COLUMBIA, SC -- Richland County deputies say they spent seven hours staking out a home after a woman falsely claimed she was being held hostage there.
Authorities say they responded to a home at Fornhill Court in The Summit neighborhood around 1 a.m. Saturday after a woman called and said her ex-boyfriend was holding here against her will.
Officers set up a perimeter and began efforts to get the man to come outside. At around 8:30 a.m., deputies knocked on the door and were told by the boyfriend's father that neither his son nor the ex-girlfriend were there.
Deputies are now looking for the woman who made the call. They say she will be charged with filing a false report and illegal use of a telephone.
The Associate Press contributed to this report.
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