South Carolina firefighter charged with making false report and misuse of 911. Sheriff says abduction of Taylors FF Michael Polston didn’t happen.

Click here and then scroll down for the latest fire and EMS news from STATter911.com

Yesterday we told you about a South Carolina firefighter’s claim he was abducted at knife point at a Wal-Mart and then robbed. A later story about Taylors Firefighter Michael Polston started to give the indication there is more to the story. There is.

Michael Polston has now been charged with filing a false police report and unlawful use of 911. Greenville County deputies found and picked up the man Polston had identified as his abductor. That man, Michael Brandenmuehl, has only been charged with a parole violation.

Here is what deputies tell WHNS-TV actually happened:

Investigators said Polston actually gave Brandenmuehl a ride voluntarily to a hotel and paid for the room by withdrawing money from an ATM. They said Polston also stopped at a restaurant and obtained change there before he dropped Brandenmuehl off in the parking lot of a drug store on Wade Hampton Boulevard.

Polston then drove to the gas station at the intersection of Overbrook Drive and East North Street, where he called 911 and reported the kidnapping, investigators said.

Click here to watch WHNS-TV’s original interview with Firefighter Polston.