Speeding Long Island driver lies to cop, phones in fake emergency

She was caught speeding — and the lies coming out of her mouth were moving just as fast.

A Long Island speed demon tried to fib her way out of a ticket early Thursday by telling a cop that her mother was in the hospital, then phoning in a fake 911 emergency to divert the officer who was tailing her, Suffolk County police said.

Alfreda Chaplin, 43, was zipping eastbound along Route 27 in Patchogue about 2:30 a.m. when a Highway Patrol cop pulled her 2008 Mercedes Benz over for speeding, police said.

As soon as the cop walked to her window, she offered an elaborate lie about racing to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital and Medical Center to visit her dying mother.

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The officer allowed her to go, but said he would follow her to the hospital.

As she drove to the hospital, she called 911 from her cellphone, gave a false name and reported she had been assaulted by her husband, who she claimed had left her on the service road to the Sunrise Highway — close to where she was driving.

Chaplin apparently hoped that the cop following her would be directed to the new "emergency," but the 911 operator quickly linked the call to her phone, police said.

The cop pulled Chaplin over again and police said she fessed up to making the bogus call.

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Cops charged her with falsely reporting an incident. She was also given a speeding violation.

Her arraignment was pending Thursday.

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