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POLICE: N. Smithfield Carjacking a Hoax

Chris Boardman

Story Created: Oct 22, 2009 at 8:10 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM EST

NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) - Police in North Smithfield say a man made up a bogus story about being carjacked.

Seth Desjarlais told police he was held up at gunpoint Tuesday night and forced to abandon his car on a Route 146 off-ramp.

But Police Chief Steven Reynolds says further investigation revealed holes in Desjarlais's report. He also says parts of the car were found at the auto body shop where Desjarlais worked.

Police have charged Desjarlais with misdemeanor offenses of filing a false police report. He was being arraigned Thursday. Reynolds said police are looking into another "person of interest" believed to have helped Desjarlais.

It's not immediately known who is representing Desjarlais. A phone listing for Desjarlais could not be immediately found.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Friday, Oct 23 at 9:13 AM Jake "The Snake" wrote ...

Just another Rhode Island mastermind!

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Friday, Oct 23 at 1:40 AM Dayville,CT wrote ...

He should've just torched it like everybody else.

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 1:15 PM Single Mom wrote ...

...feeling much better about residing in the neighborhood next to the 'crime scene'... glad someone is doing their job!

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 11:51 AM Anonymous wrote ...

lol, moron at large

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 11:42 AM heather wrote ...

i heard this story also on the news and said the same thing this is not a very busy area and there is barely no traffic he needed money for something and he wasted time and money making people look for something or someone that was not even there grow up...

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 11:29 AM Sylvia wrote ...

Yeh Steve you're right..smell like a drug deal!

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 11:11 AM tinyTown native wrote ...

when i heard this story on the news it sounded off~~ the location where the carjacking supposedly occurred is very unpopulated, it just didn't make sense for somebody to wait at the bottom of that ramp to carjack somebody.

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 10:51 AM Jack wrote ...

Why would anyone do that? Insurance money they say the car was stolen and collect on the insurance. Its a big racket in california. But this guy was stupid he hid parts of the car in his shop. lol. Dragnet not needed in this case

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 9:14 AM jeff wrote ...

Burrillville's Baloon Boy

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Thursday, Oct 22 at 9:00 AM STeve wrote ...

Why would anyone do that? Is it for attention? I don't get it. Did he lose something and had to come up with some type of "good" excuse as to why he doesn't have it anymore? I don't get it.

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