Published: December 23, 2006 01:31 am            

Man wears placard as punishment

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Craig Breuwet endured a painfully public punishment for lying to police — he marched up and down a busy road wearing a placard proclaiming “I AM A LIAR.”

Breuwet, 33, submitted to the court-sanctioned penalty Wednesday instead of facing trial for filing a false police report. Breuwet said he has never been more embarrassed or humiliated.

“I’ve learned my lesson,” he said.

Breuwet told police last August that he had been kidnapped by two men in a parking lot, driven to nearby Macon and beaten up. Two days later, he admitted making up the abduction part of his story, police said.

Authorities said they do not know what really happened, and Breuwet would not discuss it with a news reporter.

Breuwet was required to publicly display the placard for 10 hours under a pretrial diversion arrangement, District Attorney Kelly Burke said.

Burke said he may also expunge any record of those charges.

        

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