[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Mon Oct 27 20:17:29 EDT 2008

Elle,
Don't let that go to your head, you still have to have to have half your
brains sucked out and that's gotta hurt!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story


> 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:
> > Can anyone say 'Tawanna Brawley?"
> >
> > elle
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> >
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> October 24, 2008
> >>
> >> Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story
> >>
> >> By JOE MANDAK   Associated Press Writer
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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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