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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque woman told police her boyfriend drove over her foot with a car but, when police started investigating, told them she lied about the incident and ratted out her boyfriend because she was upset he was panhandling with another woman.

Her plan appears to have backfired. Both the woman and her boyfriend are in jail after police discovered they had been driving a stolen car.

Nicole Montoya, 34, told police her boyfriend, 32-year-old Jason Armijo, ran over her foot after they were arguing on their way to a mall Saturday.

An officer saw bruising and a small scratch on her foot, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. She said Armijo fled and police discovered the car he was in was stolen but didn’t find him.

On Sunday, the same officer saw Montoya panhandling with Armijo near Coors Boulevard and Coors Bypass NW.

Montoya told the officer her boyfriend never ran over her foot and that she reported it so that she could get pain medication. She also said she reported it because she was upset Armijo had been panhandling with another woman.