Woman charged after false abduction report, arrested in Bushkill Township
Police say a 46-year-old woman intoxicated in a rideshare called 911 to report an abduction that did not occur, prompting a high-risk stop in Bushkill Township and criminal charges.
On July 23, 2026, Moore Township police were alerted to a possible abduction involving a vehicle northbound on State Route 512; the vehicle was located in Bushkill Township and stopped on East Moorestown Road. Officers determined the driver was a rideshare operator transporting 46-year-old Nicole Eileen Piechota, who was intoxicated and had falsely reported she had been abducted; she was charged with reckless endangering (18 Pa. C.S. §2705), misuse of 911 (35 Pa. C.S. §5310), false reports to law enforcement (18 Pa. C.S. §4906(a)) and public drunkenness (18 Pa. C.S. §5505). All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty; a court matter was listed for August 5, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.