PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany–Troy Hills Police Department was requested to respond to a Calumet Avenue residence in Lake Hiawatha for reports of a possible missing person, at 8:10 p.m., on Tuesday, September 22

Upon their arrival, Police Officers were met by a third-party individual who was requested to check on a female who resides at the residence after an alarming text message was received by a female acquaintance who lives in another state.

The text message advised the recipients that the Calumet Avenue female resident was kidnapped by persons who will kill her within 24 hours if she wasn’t located.

Initial investigation conducted by Parsippany Police at the residence resulted in observing that a possible struggle may have taken place inside the residence.

While further investigating the incident, the Police Department received a 9-1-1 call from the female resident who was claiming to be locked in the trunk of her vehicle.

Further investigation resulted in locating the female’s vehicle at Volunteer’s Park, as reported in Parsippany Focus. (click here to see article)

Police Officers responded to the park and located the female, identified as Ms. Lisette Rivera, 21, Lake Hiawatha, inside the trunk of her vehicle, pictured above.

Parsippany Rockway Neck Volunteer Squad responded to evaluate Ms. Rivera’s medical condition while the scene was secured for investigation.

Video surveillance was retrieved during the course of the investigation which showed Ms. Rivera’s vehicle enter the park. (to see related article, click here)

She is also seen to be the sole occupant of the vehicle and is seen entering and exiting the vehicle several times before climbing into the trunk of her vehicle and closing the trunk herself.

Other evidential matters were discovered at both the scene at Volunteer’s Park and at the Calumet Avenue residence by investigating officers which concluded, in combination with the surveillance footage, that Ms. Rivera falsely reported the incident.

Following the investigation on Tuesday, September 23, Ms. Rivera was charged at Police Headquarters for Third Degree False Public Alarm and False Reports to Law Enforcement, a Disorderly Persons Offense.

She was released at Parsippany Police Headquarters pending a court appearance. No injuries were reported during the incident and Ms. Rivera was discovered alert and conscious in her trunk at the time the Police arrived.

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Division and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Major Crimes Unit, assisted in the investigation along with the Parsippany Police Department’s Officers and Detectives.

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