Police officers in Saugerties responded to a call earlier this week to an apparent murder. When they arrived at the scene things were not as they seemed.

Saugerties Police Department
Saugerties Police Department
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On Wednesday, July 20, the  Saugerties Police Dispatch Center received a phone call from Saugerties resident Christine A. Diliberto reporting that she had just killed her boyfriend at her home. Police responded to the scene and after a thorough investigation they concluded that Diliberto did not murder her boyfriend and that he was alive.

Diliberto was taken into custody at the scene and charged with the misdemeanor of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree. She was released on an appearance ticket dated for July 25th.

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