SANTA ANA - A 25-year-old woman was sentenced to a year in jail for sending hundreds of threatening text messages - to herself.
A jury convicted Jeanne Manunga of three felony counts of false imprisonment by fraud or deceit and two misdemeanor counts of making a false police report in May.
It all started when Manunga told police she was getting harassing text messages from her ex-boyfriend and his sister-in-law.
Based on her claims, police arrested the pair for making criminal threats and required to post thousands of dollars in bail.
During her trial, prosecutors accused Manunga of taking out a pre-paid cell phone in his sister-in-law's name, and used it to send the threatening text messages to her own phone.
Manunga then went to three different police departments on at least 19 occasions and claimed that the ex-boyfriend and the sister-in-law were behind the threats.
Her scheme was uncovered when the victims went to the phone store, talked with the salesman and learned that Manunga had bought the pre-paid phone under the sister-in-law's name, Guirguis said.
A jury convicted Jeanne Manunga of three felony counts of false imprisonment by fraud or deceit and two misdemeanor counts of making a false police report in May.
It all started when Manunga told police she was getting harassing text messages from her ex-boyfriend and his sister-in-law.
Based on her claims, police arrested the pair for making criminal threats and required to post thousands of dollars in bail.
During her trial, prosecutors accused Manunga of taking out a pre-paid cell phone in his sister-in-law's name, and used it to send the threatening text messages to her own phone.
Manunga then went to three different police departments on at least 19 occasions and claimed that the ex-boyfriend and the sister-in-law were behind the threats.
Her scheme was uncovered when the victims went to the phone store, talked with the salesman and learned that Manunga had bought the pre-paid phone under the sister-in-law's name, Guirguis said.
