DULUTH, GA. ? On what was to be her wedding day, Jennifer Wilbanks wore not a white veil but an orange towel over her head to prevent the media from taking her picture. Instead of being led down the aisle by her father, she was led by police to an airplane that flew the runaway bride home.

Now officials say the 32-year-old woman’s cold feet may have gotten her in hot water. On Sunday, Gwinnett County Dist. Atty. Danny Porter vowed to look into whether she violated the law by reporting a crime that didn’t exist.

Wilbanks initially told authorities she was abducted while jogging but later disclosed she took a cross-country bus trip to Albuquerque, N.M., to avoid her lavish, 600-guest wedding.

Porter said Wilbanks could face a misdemeanor charge of false report of a crime or a felony charge of false statements. The misdemeanor carries a penalty of up to a year in jail; five years in prison is the maximum sentence for the felony.

“If there’s criminal responsibility, that’s something I have to do something about,” Porter said, adding that no decision would be made Sunday.

Porter said he would speak today to police in Albuquerque.

Despite calls from some residents, authorities in Albuquerque said they had no plans to charge Wilbanks, though they haven’t ruled out the possibility.

An old missing person sign showing Jennifer Wilbanks hangs on a utility pole, now wrapped with police tape, outside John Mason's Duluth, Ga., home Sunday just one day after Wilbanks, Mason's fiancee, was found in New Mexico.

“We don’t have to charge everybody,” said Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Ahrensfield.

Porter said he had no jurisdiction over the woman’s initial 911 call in Albuquerque.

But Porter said Wilbanks could be charged for reporting her story over the phone to Duluth Police Chief Randy Belcher.

Last year, a Wisconsin college student who faked her own abduction was given three years’ probation for obstructing police and was ordered to repay police at least $9,000 for their search.