Friday, October 24, 2008

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE.

Police Say Volunteer Lied About Attack
By JOE MANDAK,
AP
posted: 1 HOUR 21 MINUTES AGO
comments: 824
filed under: Crime News, Election News
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PITTSBURGH (Oct. 24) - Pittsburgh police say 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.
Maurita Bryant, the assistant chief of the police department's investigations division, says 20-year-old Ashley Todd is being charged with making a false report to police.

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Ashley Tood, a volunteer for the McCain campaign, initially told police that a black man attacked her, carving a "B" in her cheek after spying her Republican bumper sticker. Police say she has since confessed her story was not true.
Todd, of College Station, Texas, initially said a 6-foot-4 black man robbed her at knifepoint Wednesday night and then cut her cheek after seeing a McCain sticker on her car.
Earlier Friday, police said there were "inconsistencies" in her story and gave her a polygraph test.
Among other things, police said photos and bank card information from an automated teller machine where the college student claimed she was robbed do not show her using the machine at the time, police said.
Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard wouldn't release the polygraph results, but said, "we're still looking at some inconsistencies" in the woman's story.
Police said the student, Ashley Todd, of College Station, Texas, who is white, told them she was attacked by a 6-foot-4 black man Wednesday night.
Among the differences in her accounts are whether she lost consciousness, whether she remembers handing over money and how the man assaulted her, police said.
The report of the attack Thursday prompted the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate, Sarah Palin, to call Todd expressing their concern. Barack Obama's campaign also issued a statement wishing Todd well and hoping the attacker would be swiftly brought to justice.
The Associated Press could not immediately locate Todd or her family.
Ethan Eilon, executive director of the College Republican National Committee, told reporters that Todd worked in New York for several months before moving to Pennsylvania two weeks ago to continue working for the group.
Eilon declined to comment on the investigation Friday or to help The Associated Press contact Todd. In a follow-up e-mail, Eilon said, "We think this girl has endured enough and that this is going to be something for her and her family to work through."
Richard, the police spokeswoman, said police have pictures of the victim and her injuries, but are not releasing them. She said they are "more or less" consistent with a picture that has surfaced on the Internet that show a woman with a black eye and a red backward "B'' that looks like a welt or scrape on her right cheek.
"It's not like her cheek was carved out," Richard said. "It's more like a scrape or a scratch."
In her initial account, Richard said, Todd attempted to use the 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 in a statement.
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 using what she believed to be a dull knife.
The woman told police she didn't seek medical attention, but instead went to a friend's apartment nearby and called police about 45 minutes later.
Police have reinterviewed Todd at least once since her initial statement, Richard said.
In the subsequent discussions with investigators, according to the police statement, Todd said she was accosted as she approached the bank and fled her attacker, fell to the ground and the assailant began beating and fondling her.
Police Cmdr. Larry Ross, who is in charge of the police precinct where the attack was first reported, said Todd's story has continued to change.
"I guess she elaborated more when she went down to the bureau headquarters. She added other things to it that we didn't have at first, that she didn't tell the initial officer," Ross said.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

This story sounded fishy to me when it was reported that she didn't go to the hospital for treatment. I am really tired of everyone saying Obama said this, McCain said that. Unless you have the documentation that proves what "is said" keep your big stupid mouth shut.

I will REALLY be glad when this election is over, I honestly can not believe that whomever is elected can eliminate or solve this current mess.

6 comments:

  1. I just read this story today!! Why on earth would someone make up such a story. Don't they get that they'll get caught in a lie? Sickening.

    Beth

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  2. I read that story, stupid! I hate when people do that. I admit though, that I have a Women For McCain sticker (that came from the hands of Roberta McCain herself) and I am afraid to put it on my car in fear of my car being vandalized or worse.

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  3. sad what people do these days to draw attention to themselves to get 15 minutes of fame; I hope she gets some help for this after she deals with anything with laws she might have broken; sad

    I too will be glad when this election is over

    betty

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  4. I would not put a bumper sticker ion my car, nor a sign for either party min my yard. To many nut cases out there. Lucy

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  5. Well said! The joke is that both candidates say, "When I'm elected I will....(insert a phrase, true or untrue, that you'd like to hear me say so I can get your vote)...."

    Trust me, they wont! They just can't make up new laws and pass them. Excuse me, but I think that authority lies with the do nothing congress who continually remain in gridlock.

    If one were wont to be proverbial, I'd prefer that they at least have the courtesy to say, "When I'm elected, I promise I won't....."

    Jimmy

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  6. Things like this start riots, things like this get people angry without knowing the full story. I hope this woman does get some time. There is something mentally unbalanced trying to light that fire among the already outrages in this campaign. The thing is there are people out there that are genuinely beat up for the ugliest reasons. Why someone would lie about it...ugh...I have no sympathy for this woman. (Hugs)Indigo

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