A. Louisiana woman He is behind bars after police say he falsely reported the kidnapping of his young son last week.

St. According to the Landry County Sheriff’s Office, 24-year-old Artasia Viges called authorities around 1 a.m. on Nov. 5 to report the alleged abduction of her infant son near U.S. 190 and Industrial Road in Eunice.

Viges said he parked on the side of the road and changed his flat tire when “people in an older model truck” took his son away.

When Deputies arrived at the scene. They quickly learned that citizens found the little boy alone in the parking lot of Heinen Medical Clinic with “graze injuries to his knees,” the sheriff’s office said.

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Artasia Viges, 24, faces multiple charges after police say she lied about her son being abducted after leaving him unattended on a major highway. (St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office)

The boy, whose age was not disclosed, told police his mother “stomped him” and left him on the side of the road. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Due to the extreme discrepancy in statements between the child and his mother, juvenile detectives with the sheriff’s office were called to investigate.

The sheriff’s office said a later interview with Viges “revealed the horrific truth,” which was that the little boy was not kidnapped but left unattended on a major highway and “allowed to escape during the night.”

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The young boy was found alone by citizens in the parking lot of the Heinen Medical Clinic with scratches on his knees. (Google Earth)

“What started as a disagreement between a mother and child turned into a bizarre reaction to the child throwing a tantrum,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Facebook. he said.

When Viges pulled over, his son jumped out of the car before it stopped, causing the crash. He was injured in his knees. The sheriff’s office noted that he “was clearly not properly restrained.”

Viges allegedly told detectives he didn’t try to go after his son and “eventually lost sight of him.”

St. According to the Landry County Sheriff’s Office, Viges, 24, claimed his son was kidnapped near US 190 and Industrial Road (above the intersection) in Eunice. (Google Earth)

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Viges is indicted cruelty to minors, Child’s escape and perjury for the purpose of violating public health and safety.

He was held in St. Petersburg on a $200,000 bail. Landry County Jail.