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Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter "B" scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.
Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, admitted Friday that the story was false and was being charged with making a false report to police, said Maurita Bryant, the assistant chief of the police department's investigations division. Police doubted her story from the start, Bryant said.
Todd, who is white, told police she was attacked by a 6-foot-4 black man Wednesday night. She now can't explain why she invented the story, Bryant said.
Todd also told police she believes she cut the backward "B" onto her own cheek, but she didn't explain how or why, Bryant said.
Todd initially told investigators she was attempting to use a bank branch ATM when the man approached her from behind, put a knife with a 4- to 5-inch blade to her throat and demanded money. She told police she handed the assailant $60 and walked away.
Todd told investigators that she suspected the man then noticed a John McCain sticker on her car, became angry and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground and telling her "you are going to be a Barack supporter," police said.
She said he continued to punch and kick her while threatening "to teach her a lesson for being a McCain supporter," police said. She said he then sat on her chest, pinned her hands down with his knees and scratched a backward letter "B" into her face with a dull knife.
Todd told police she didn't seek medical attention, but instead went to a friend's apartment nearby and called police about 45 minutes later.
The Associated Press could not immediately locate Todd's family.
Bryant said somebody charged with making a false report would typically be cited and sent a summons. But because police have concerns about Todd's mental health, they are consulting with the Allegheny County District Attorney.
Todd remained in custody, and police were preparing to charge her with making a false report to police.
"We had some serious cases going on, and this wasted so much time," Bryant said. "Our detectives have been working through the night just to verify the information we suspected was false from the beginning."
Todd worked in New York for the College Republican National Committee before moving two weeks ago to Pennsylvania, where her duties included recruiting college students, the committee's executive director, Ethan Eilon, has said.
Eilon declined to comment on the investigation Friday or to help The Associated Press contact Todd.
Earlier Friday, police said they had found inconsistencies in Todd's story. They gave her a lie-detector test, but wouldn't release the polygraph results. Investigators also said bank surveillance photos did not back up the woman's initial story of being attacked at an ATM.
Police interviewed Todd after she contacted police Wednesday night and again on Thursday, Bryant said. They asked her to come back Friday, ostensibly to help police put together a sketch of the man. Instead, detectives began interviewing her.
"They just started talking to her and she just opened up and said she wanted to tell the truth," Bryant said.
Bryant said it doesn't appear that anyone else put the woman up to the false report.
Police suspected all along that Todd might not be telling the truth, starting with the fact that the "B" was backward, Bryant said.
"We have robbers here in Pittsburgh, but they don't generally mutilate someone's face like that," Bryant said. "They just take the money and run."
(This version CORRECTS that police were preparing to charge Todd, not arraigning her.))
- Re: 猪头三听着:警方说麦坎支持者谎造抢劫故事posted on 10/25/2008
Republican are desperate!
I used to support McCain, but the way he, his running mate and the republican run the campaign has just upset me so much and push me to the left...
touche wrote:
真他妈下流! - Re: 猪头三听着:警方说麦坎支持者谎造抢劫故事posted on 10/25/2008
关于大选,这里大多数多声音都是在为奥巴马叫阵,我来“平衡”一下。我的票不投奥巴马,一开始就不喜欢他,了解越多越不喜欢,,信不过他。
- Re: 猪头三听着:警方说麦坎支持者谎造抢劫故事posted on 10/25/2008
touche wrote:
真他妈下流!
也许只是智力或精神有问题吧?说她脸上的B是反的,显然对着镜子划的,怎么至于这么没脑子呀,要我是她,至少划个O :) - posted on 10/26/2008
Rzp 又要打抱不平了? 我们家的领导和你一样, 不支持奥巴马特的最大理由就是不信任. 但, 她认为奥巴马确实是个decent人, 和其他政客有些不同.
其实, 在cafe不支持奥巴马的很多. 尼克松当年的名言"沉默大多数"还是有效的. 我不是说不支持奥巴马的比支持奥巴马的人多, 我只是说在café, 有一定数量不支持他.比你表面看到的要多. 我想我就可以给你举出5个人以上. 不信, 让阿姗搞个民意测验看一下. 就说touche, 我还真不大相信他会投奥巴马. 他的驴脾气我们都领教过. 如果星期二他真投了奥巴马,我敢说, 一定是文取心的错. 把一个犹豫不定的touche当礼物送给了奥巴马.这就是互相人身攻击谩骂的后果. 所以, 我现在也改变主意了. 我家这张选票看两方在café的表现而定. 支持奥巴马的骂人, 我就投给马坎; 支持马坎的骂人, 我就投给奥巴马; 我也豁出去了. 为了café的长治久安, 我就算浪费一次我们家的政治权利. 因为我想通了, 就算是奥巴马或马坎住进白宫, 我们café打到最后变成厕所, 重病的老瓦天天扫厕所.我这张选票又有什么用.
rzp wrote:
关于大选,这里大多数多声音都是在为奥巴马叫阵,我来“平衡”一下。我的票不投奥巴马,一开始就不喜欢他,了解越多越不喜欢,,信不过他。
- Re: 猪头三听着:警方说麦坎支持者谎造抢劫故事posted on 11/01/2008
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