[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

[Herb Parsons]

Wow Elle, that's three or four things in a row that I could have almost 
written myself!!! That guy thing HAS kicked in!

You know, rumor has it that. You keep it up, and the righties on are 
here are going to start saying you're hot.
 

elle wrote:
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> elle
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> --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
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>> From: Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
>> To: "Rhodes List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:52 PM
>> How bizarre. - rob
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>> October 24, 2008 
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>> Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story 
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>> By JOE MANDAK   Associated Press Writer 
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>> 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 what she
>> had said was 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, said Maurita
>> Bryant, the
>> assistant chief of the police department's
>> investigations division. Todd
>> was charged with making a false report to police, and
>> Bryant said police
>> doubted her story from the start.
>>
>> Dressed in an orange hooded sweat shirt, Todd left police
>> headquarters
>> in handcuffs late Friday and did not respond to questions
>> from
>> reporters. The mark on her face was faded and her left eye
>> was slightly
>> blackened when she arrived in district court.
>>
>> Todd was awaiting arraignment Friday on the misdemeanor
>> false-report
>> charge, which is punishable by up to two years in prison.
>> She will be
>> housed in a mental health unit at the county jail for her
>> safety and
>> because of "her not insignificant mental health
>> issues," prosecutor Mark
>> Tranquilli said.
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>> Todd initially told investigators she was attempting to use
>> a bank
>> branch ATM on Wednesday night when a 6-foot-4 black man
>> approached her
>> from behind, put a knife blade to her throat and demanded
>> money. She
>> told police she handed the assailant $60 and walked away.
>>
>> Todd, who is white, told investigators she suspected the
>> man then
>> noticed a John McCain sticker on her car. She said the man
>> punched her
>> in the back of the head, knocked her to the ground and
>> scratched a
>> backward letter "B" into her face with a dull
>> knife.
>>
>> Police said Todd claimed the man told her that he was going
>> to "teach
>> her a lesson" for supporting the Republican
>> presidential candidate, and
>> that she was going to become a supporter of Democratic
>> candidate Barack
>> Obama.
>>
>> 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.
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>> Todd could provide no explanation for why she invented the
>> story, police
>> said. The woman told investigators she believes she cut the
>> "B" onto her
>> own cheek, but did not provide an explanation of how or why
>> and said she
>> doesn't remember doing so, police said.
>>
>> Police said the woman reported suffering from "mental
>> problems" in the
>> past, and that they do not believe anyone put her up to the
>> act.
>>
>> Tranquilli said Todd will remain jailed over the weekend
>> pending a
>> psychiatric evaluation, which won't happen until Monday
>> at the earliest.
>>
>> 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 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.
>>
>> "We are as upset as anyone to learn of her deceit,
>> Ashley must take full
>> responsibility for her actions," College Republican
>> National Committee
>> spokeswoman Ashley Barbera said in a statement.
>>
>> Police reported Todd's claims Thursday, as a photo of
>> her injuries made
>> it onto numerous blogs and news sites. By 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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."
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