A 44-year-old Manalapan, N.J., woman was indicted on the charge she lied to police about being kicked out of a moving vehicle.

Laurie Vandeusen faces one count of fourth-degree false public alarm, according to an indictment returned Wednesday by a Warren County grand jury.

According to Hackettstown police, Vandeusen called 911 about 2:40 a.m. July 12 and told police her boyfriend punched her and kicked her out of the car near Route 604 and Bilby Road in the town.



Vandeusen, who told police her name was Lauren Ciana, was taken to Hackettstown Regional Medical Center after she complained about her injuries, town police said. Police later found the name she had given was false and that Vandeusen had already been to the Hackettstown hospital earlier in the night, where she had also given staff a fake name, police said.

She later admitted she called 911 and made up the incident, court records indicate. She was also found to have eight outstanding warrants in seven municipalities totaling $6,980, police said.

Following her arrest she was sent to the Warren County jail in lieu of $1,000 bail. She has since been released, records say.