Not to jail, but certainly the Juvenile Authorities will want to 'speak' with them.
Example: i call the police and report my car stolen when it is sitting in my garage.. that's a false police report and id go to jail if they found out i was lying.
Filing a false police report in Georgia is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in a jail and a $1,000 fine
It can be serious, after you lodge a formal complaint your life gets restricted in many ways. You cannot give false statement otherwise it will not help them to find all links in the chain. Cooperation is needed by citizens.
Making a false accusation is a crime especially when it is accusing someone of actions like abuse. Making a false accusation causes the police and other professionals to investigate crimes that have not been committed. Someone can be convicted in court of making false accusations and be sentenced to serve jail time.
Making intentional false reports to the police is USUALLY a misdemeanor offense (monetary fine and/or possibly up to one year in jail). However it could depend in some states on just how serious a situation it amounted to (for instance: making a false report of a missing child which then involves the deployment of hundreds of law enforcement, EMS, and firefighting personnel on a wild goose chase).
There are several ways to get into trouble in Oklahoma by making false statements to police. First, if you make a false report of a crime, you could be convicted of a misdemeanor and spend up to 90 days in jail, or pay a $500 fine, or both. If you make a false report of a child abduction then it is a felony punishable by up to one year in jail and NOT LESS THAN $1000 fine, or both. Second, if you know about a crime, but lie about it in order to conceal it, and you accept the promise of something (like money) to keep it concealed, then you could be convicted of something as serious as a felony and spend up to 5 years in prison. There may be other laws I am not aware of that deal with making false statements to police in Oklahoma.
The penalty in the state of Florida for filing a false police report is charged with a misdemeanor and faces a penalty of a fine and or jail time depending on their past criminal history.
It depends on the circumstances - if you told him you lived on "Smith Street" and you actually live on "Jones Street" probably not much, if anything. However, if the misinformation had to do with a criminal offense investigation you could be charged with Obstruction of Justice.
you could be charged with filing a false police report which is a felony. I'm not sure how much jail time you could get as I consider lying to the police a BIG mistake
No you don't.
Hopefully you called the police and filled out an accident report form so they can put him in jail.
If you're in the US.... Can a hospital put you in jail? No. Can they report you to the police and the police put you in jail? Yes.