Metro

Meteorologist Heidi Jones indicted for fake attack claim

Her lawyer says a New York TV meteorologist accused of fabricating attacks on her has been indicted, an unusual step for prosecutors to take in the misdemeanor case.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment Monday on Heidi Jones’ case. Taking a case to a grand jury for indictment is common in felony cases but not in lower-level misdemeanor ones.

Defense lawyer Paul Callan said prosecutors didn’t give Jones notice of the grand jury or an opportunity to testify. New York law doesn’t require notice in all cases. Callan says he’ll contest the indictment.

Prosecutors say Jones told police she’d been attacked in Central Park, and again near her apartment, but later said she “made it up for attention.”

Jones has been suspended from New York’s local ABC station.