[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Mon Oct 27 20:19:26 EDT 2008

Chris,
 you make me laugh! (Even with only half a brain!) (Herb..no disrespect meant!)

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, Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 8:17 PM
> 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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