Man busted for ‘killing hiker then lying that a bear chased him off a cliff’

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett has been arrested after a dead man’s body was found following his alleged call claiming he was chased by a bear (Pictures: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office)

A man has been arrested after allegedly killing a hiker and calling cops pretending he himself was chased off a cliff by a bear in order to cover up the crime.

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, is accused of calling 911 in late October claiming to be Brandon Andrade and saying he was hurt while trying to escape a bear.