3 Women Accused Of Falsely Reporting Missing Person

FALLSBURG, NY — Three Sullivan County women were accused of falsely reporting a missing person.

The New York State Police said Lisa M. Bowers, 29, Maria Encarnacion, 37, and Dymond Schell, 20, were all arrested Sunday and charged with third-degree falsely reporting an incident, a misdemeanor.

Police said, on Saturday, an investigation was begun in conjunction with the Fallsburg Police Department of a missing person.

Bowers and Schell had called the Fallsburg police Saturday afternoon about the apparent disappearance of Encarnacion.

Authorities said the circumstances described in the report, along with the fact that missing person reports have the possibility of tragic results, led the state police and the Fallsburg police to employ numerous investigative resources in the case.

The investigation ultimately determined that the three women had acted in concert to make the false report while the location and wellbeing of Encarnacion was never in doubt, according to law enforcement.

The three women were issued appearance tickets returnable to the Town of Fallsburg Justice Court March 8.