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A Florence woman has been charged after deputies said she made a false allegation that a man attempted to kidnap her son in the Burlington Kroger.According to the Boone County Sheriff's Office, deputies saw a social media post Thursday that was being shared that stated there was an attempted child abduction at the Burlington Kroger on Patrick Drive.That same day, Halie Snyder, 26, reported to deputies that two days earlier, at around 7:45 p.m., she and her son were inside the Burlington Kroger when a man began following her and her son throughout the store. She described the man as being middle-aged, possibly in his 50s. She told deputies the man attempted to grab her son by the arm as they were leaving an aisle of the store. Snyder said she then grabbed her son and ran to the nearest store clerk to report what happened.Kroger employees searched for the man who Snyder was talking about, but Snyder told deputies the man had already left the store and was never found.Deputies continued to investigate the allegation and worked with Kroger management to review hours of surveillance video. They concluded that the surveillance video did not match what Snyder said happened on Jan. 28.Deputies interviewed Snyder and said she continued to stick with her previous claim, stating it was accurate.Deputies met with Kroger management once again on Saturday to review footage. They determined that the man Snyder said attempted to kidnap her son "at no time ever acted suspicious in the store and did not attempt to grab Snyder's son."Deputies confronted Snyder and said she apologized. She said she "was scared but couldn't specify as to why she feared the man that she had accused."On Tuesday, Snyder was charged with one count of falsely reporting an incident, according to the Sheriff's Office.