Mobile, Ala. - A man who claimed assailants cut his tongue out actually injured himself and has been arrested and charged with stealing $200,000 from his employer, Sheriff Sam Cochran said.
Cochran said Michael Crocker, 42, was arrested without incident in Meridian, Miss.
Crocker reported the tongue-cutting after his neighbor, Stephen Perret, was found shot to death on Aug. 17. Perret's body was found in a truck in Citronelle. Crocker is a suspect in Perret's murder.
Deputies went to Crocker's home, and discovered that a portion of his tongue had been cut off.
Based on forensics reports, investigators believe Crocker falsified his story of the attack and, in fact, cut his own tongue out. He is charged with filing a false police report.
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