Drunken Woman Locked Up Herself in A Car, Faked Her Own Abduction for Fear of Arrest for DUI

A Massachusetts woman is accused of faking her own abduction in an attempt to avoid being arrested for driving drunk, police say.
Maria Brayfield, 24, of Beverly, was charged Monday with filing a false police report in connection to an incident that happened earlier that day.
Bayfield had maintained that she was abducted and locked inside the trunk of her car. But after being questioned by investigators, the 24-year-old admitted that her tale of abduction was a hoax.

Hoax: Maria Brayfield was found screaming inside the trunk of her white Ford Focus on the side of a highway

Rescue: Two passersby smashed the back of Brayfield's rear window to free her

'She said she was "intoxicated by fear" and that she was afraid she had been driving under the influence,' Beverly Police Department spokesperson Michael Bonccuzzi told ABC News.
Brayfield was discovered at around 3.30am Monday along Route 128 by two men.
The pair of Good Samaritans spotted a white Ford Focused parked on the side of the road near exit 17 in Wenham, The Eagle Tribune reported.

Believing that the vehicle was involved in an accident, the men came closer to offer help and heard a woman screaming from the back of the car.
The passersby broke the rear window and found Brayfield locked in the trunk of the hatchback.
The 24-year-old told her rescuers that she had been kidnapped by two masked men dressed in black who broke into her home, forced her to drive her car and then locked her in the back.

Tall tale: The 24-year-old woman told officers who arrived on the scene on Route 128 that she was kidnapped by two masked men who locked her inside her car

Web of lies: Brayfield told police two men dressed in black broke into her home on Pleasant Street and then forced her to drive her car

When police arrived on the scene, Brayfield repeated the story about the two mysterious carjackers, but later came clean and admitted that she made up the abduction to cover up her alleged DUI.
Police could not confirm if Brayfield had indeed been driving under the influence of alcohol.
The woman told detectives she is from ‘all over.’ She has only lived in Beverly for three months and last lived in Danvers, MyFox Boston reported.
Brayfield was arrested and is expected to be summoned to Salem District Court to face a charge of falsifying a police report.