SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNN) – A California mother who faked her own kidnapping is now out of federal prison. The Federal Bureau of Prisons reported Saturday that Sherri Papini was moved to community confinement, or “Halfway House” earlier this month. Papini ...

REDDING, Calif — Sherri Papini, who made national headlines when she was reported missing nearly six years ago, will spend time behind bars for fabricating the story. On Monday, a judge sentenced Papini to 18 months (1 year, 6 months) ...

Update (09-19-22 10:20 a.m.) – KCRA reports Sherri Papini was sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could visit a former boyfriend. She was also ordered to submit to 36 months of supervised probation ...

REDDING, Calif. (CNN) – A California woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to her faked kidnapping. In 2016, Sherri Papini ran away from her home and family to stay with her ex-boyfriend. But she claimed two Hispanic women kidnapped ...

REDDING, Calif. – It was a story that felt almost too bizarre to believe. A young mother, Sherri Papini, was seemingly kidnapped in broad daylight at gunpoint by two strange women, held for over three weeks, then—still in chains—mysteriously released ...

REDDING, Calif. (NBC) – It was a story that felt almost too bizarre to believe. A young mother seemingly kidnapped in broad daylight at gunpoint by two strange women, held for over three weeks, then—still in chains—mysteriously released right before ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif —  Sherri Papini, who was reported missing out of Redding and later found in Yolo County in 2016, was arrested by federal agents Thursday accused of fabricating her kidnapping.   Below is the official press release from the ...

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. – New evidence in the unusual kidnapping case of a northern California mom has been made public. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office released video surveillance footage of Sherri Papini running up to a church in Woodland, California ...

REDDING, Calif. – The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office is providing an update to their nearly year-long investigation into the alleged abduction of Sherri Papini. Sherri Papini disappeared near her northern California home on November 2, 2016. It was later determined ...

Redding, Calif. — Police reports more than a decade old are surfacing — centered around Shasta County woman Sherri Papini who went missing last fall. The reports were acquired by the Sacramento Bee. In one report from 2003 when Papini ...

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