INDEPENDENCE, KAN. ? A 16-year-old girl who concocted a dramatic story about being kidnapped last month was charged Friday with falsely reporting a crime and obstruction.

Kelsey Stelting, who will be prosecuted as a juvenile, was charged with one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime and three felony counts of obstructing official duty, the Montgomery County Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

Daylene Walls, assistant Montgomery County attorney, said her office would release no more information about the case.

“It is important the public understand that with these charges Miss Stelting will be held accountable,” Walls said. “What happens from this point forward is for our court system to decide.”

Stelting’s family did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Stelting told police on April 11 that she had been abducted at gunpoint from her family’s driveway and forced into a white van. When she reappeared in town more than 16 hours later, she told of escaping her assailant after hitting him with a glass.

But two days after Stelting reported being abducted, police and the FBI said she admitted her story was a hoax and that she had actually spent the time alone in the country.

Authorities at the time wouldn’t say why she did it, but her family suggested through a spokesman that she had been under some pressure.

“Kelsey wants everyone to know that she didn’t do this for attention,” spokesman Tim Valentine said after the hoax was made public.