FORT WORTH, Texas -- A man who claimed he was bitten by a rattlesnake in a Brownwood, Texas, Wal-Mart last year is wanted on charges of filing a false report.
Warrants for the arrest of 32-year-old Douglas Wayne Hatchett Junior of Bangs and his girlfriend, 32-year-old Michelle Beam, were filed Wednesday in the Brown County Clerk's office.
The three-count complaint alleges Hatchett and Beam falsely reported an emergency and compromised the safety of others by using emergency services. Bond was set at $2,500 each.
Neither Hatchett nor Beam had been arrested late today. That's what the Abilene Reporter-News reports.
In September, Hatchett reported a rattlesnake bit him in the Wal-Mart shoe department. He was treated with anti-venom at Brownwood Regional Medical Center.
If found guilty, Hatchett could face up to a year in the Brown County Jail.
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