Hoover woman arrested for filing false police report [Video]

HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) – The Hoover Police Department has arrested a woman they say filed a false report that her nephew fired a weapon at her.

Police say they received a call from 51-year-old Joni V. Langford Green who was in the 400 block of Crowne Woods Drive the evening of Wednesday, May 1 saying her nephew, a Birmingham Police officer, shot at her during an altercation that had occurred inside the home just before she called 911.

When officers arrived, they discovered evidence of a bullet impact inside the apartment and detained the man at the scene. He was placed on a 48-hour investigative hold in the Hoover City Jail while officers investigated, and detectives searched for corroborating evidence.

Detectives received numerous conflicting statements from involved parties and witnesses and discovered the man accidentally discharged a firearm several days prior while he was cleaning it, resulting in minor property damage.

No …