ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- A woman lied to police that she was carjacked Tuesday so she wouldn't get in trouble with her father for missing curfew. The 27-year-old claimed she was attacked on State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs early Tuesday morning and then woke up later in some nearby woods.

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Brandy Hicks even gave police a fairly detailed description of the suspect she said attacked her at an intersection. She said she woke up in the woods, but after hours of investigating she told police it was all a very elaborate cover story.

Hicks was distraught and even appeared to be injured when she called police to say she'd been the victim of a violent attack in Altamonte Springs. Officers, even her father, who's an Orange County sheriff's deputy, rushed to the scene near 434 to find out what happened.

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Hicks told investigators she left her job as a stripper at Dancers Royale in Orlando and had dropped off a friend when a man approached her car at an intersection and hit her over the head. Hicks said she woke up six hours later in the woods. But police found her blue Chevy only a few blocks away and that's when officers said her story started to unravel.

Hicks even dropped her own purse in a garbage can to make it look like she was robbed, but police said she admitted it was all a lie. Investigators said Hicks made up the story because she lives with her parents and feared they'd kick her out for getting drunk and staying out all night.

Altamonte Springs police said the response of a lieutenant, a sergeant and several others to investigate cost taxpayers about $600.

Police let Hicks go Tuesday, but they're filing a report with the State Attorney's Office and she could still be charged with making a false report. They will also ask her to cover that $600 for the time officers spent investigating a crime that never happened.