Runaway Bride Gets Probation, Fine

Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks entered a no contest plea to a felony charge of making false statements and received a two-year probation sentence, 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay the Gwinnett County Sheriff's office $2,550.

Wearing a black and white outfit and her running shoes, Wilbanks told the judge, "I'm truly sorry for my actions and I just want to thank Gwinnett County and the city of Duluth." Her fiance John Mason was by her side at the sentencing.

Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter told reporters that if Wilbanks successfully completes her probation and community service the felony charge will be erased from her record.

Wilbanks disappeared while jogging on April 26, a week before her scheduled wedding. When she was found six days later in Albuquerque, NM, she told authorities that she had been abducted and sexually assaulted, but later she changed her story and said she left on her own due to "personal issues."

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