'Abduction hoax' mom waives hearing

ORLANDO, FL Bonnie Sweeten waived her extradition rights during a hearing in Orlando, Fla., Friday that lasted less than a minute.

The 38-year-old woman from Bucks County, Pa., has been charged with filing a false report and identity theft.

Sweeten phoned 911 on Tuesday and told dispatchers that she and her 9-year-old daughter had been carjacked and stuffed in the trunk of a Cadillac. The call touched off a frantic search for the pair that ended 30 hours later when police handcuffed Sweeten as she and her daughter returned to their hotel at the amusement park.

Court officials did not say when she will return to Pennsylvania.

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