Michigan woman charged in filing fake report of kidnapping, sex assault
A 19-year-old woman is facing charges of falsely saying she was abducted and sexually assaulted last month, Michigan State Police said.
On March 26, the Holt resident called 911 to report someone kidnapped her at gunpoint from the Lansing area before she was taken more than two hours north to Elmira and attacked, investigators have said.
The victim claimed she escaped several hours later and said the captor fled on foot. At the time, state police said they were searching for a man in a red hoodie, black pants and a holster on his left side.
Woman to be charged for alleged false claims of sexual assault, kidnapping
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ELMIRA, MI – A woman who allegedly falsely claimed she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted will face charges, WPBN/WGTU reports.
The woman, who’s identity has not been released, told police late last month that she was kidnapped from Lansing, held at gunpoint, taken to the Elmira area and sexually assaulted before she escaped using a letter opener, MLive previously reported. She claimed that the assailant fled on foot.
After mounting a search, collecting evidence and following leads in Lansing and Elmira, police determined that the woman’s story was fabricated, MLive previously reported.
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A woman who claimed that she was kidnapped and assaulted in Otsego County in March has been charged by the Otsego County Prosecutor’s Office with filing a false police report.
Back in March, a woman claimed a man got in her car, held her at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her. The woman told police she managed to escape and call for help in Elmira.
Dozens of police crews responded with K-9 units to look for the suspect. About a week later, police determined that the kidnapping and sexual assault never happened.
Stay with Northern Michigan’s News Leader as we work to bring you more details on this case.
Elmira man accused of paying cousin for pot with $400 in counterfeit bills
An Elmira man is accused of buying $400 worth of marijuana from his cousin with counterfeit money, Michigan State Police said Monday.
Officials said a woman came to the state police post in Gaylord on Sunday to report she had been given the fake cash. She told troopers he sold $400 in marijuana to her cousin and he paid her with the funny money.
After the sale, she went home and began to suspect the cash was counterfeit, she told them. She said she took the bills to the place where she works to use the business pen for detecting counterfeit money. The pen confirmed her suspicions and she took the money to the state police post.
Police recovered $1,100 in counterfeit bills, officials said on Twitter.
Lt. Derrick Carroll, public information officer for Michigan State Police s Seventh District, said as far as he knows, the report didn t indicate the woman was an authorized seller or distributor for marijuana. He doesn t know if any charges will be brought up against her, he said.
The prosecuting attorney s office will ultimately make the decision to charge her for selling marijuana, Carroll said.
Police said they sent the case to the Otsego County Prosecutor s Office for review, and they ll determine the charges.
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