article_snippet: A gay rights activist who caused a national panic on social media when he posted that he had been kidnapped has been found- and charged with faking he own abduction.
article_snippet: Adam Hoover, 20, from Cincinnati, Ohio, the co-president of Marriage Equality Ohio, sent out a post on Twitter and Facebook Monday evening saying that he had been taken by individuals who were keeping he in the trunk of he car and threatening to kill he and he family.
article_snippet: Adam Hoover was found safe in the trunk of his car his car some time later, and then, early this morning, charged with faking the entire incident.
article_snippet: Adam Hoover has been charged with faking Adam Hoover own kidnapping after an incident that happened late Monday night .
article_snippet: Adam Hoover sent a message out on Facebook (above) and Twitter and saying individuals were threatening to kill him and his family his family .
article_snippet: Authorities soon found Adam Hoover in the trunk of Adam Hoover car (above) thanks to support from social media . '
article_snippet: Adam Hoover posted last night, including the license plate number of his car, Adam Hoover mother's phone number and the stretch of road where police could find the automobile. '
article_snippet: Authorities did find him, shortly after, thanks to the widespread support and outreach conducted on social media, but, according to WLWT, determined soon after that the entire abduction had been orchestrated by Adam Hoover.
article_snippet: It is not known if him had any accomplices in the alleged hoax.
article_snippet: Police would not reveal how Police learned that Adam Hoover had faked the kidnapping, and the young man left the station at 7am Tuesday morning without making a comment to the media.
highlights_snippet: Adam Hoover of Cincinnati, Ohio has been charged with faking Adam Hoover own abduction after claiming Adam Hoover was kidnapped Monday night .
  
highlights_snippet: Hoover, 20, posted on social media that individuals were keeping Adam Hoover in the trunk of Adam Hoover car and threatening to kill Adam Hoover and Adam Hoover family .
  